Simpson, O(renthal) J(ames)
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Simpson, O(renthal) J(ames). Born 1947.
American athlete who was the first professional football player to rush more than 2,000 yards in a season. He was acquitted of the 1994 murders of his ex-wife and her friend in a highly publicized trial.
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U.S. football player.
At the University of Southern California as a running back (1965–68), he set rushing records, was named All-American, and won the
Heisman Trophy (1968). He joined the Buffalo Bills in 1969, with whom he continued to set records, and he became a great box-office draw. Knee injuries led to his being traded in 1978 to the San Francisco 49ers; he retired after the 1979 season. Handsome and genial, he became a popular film and television actor. In 1994 he was charged with the murder of his estranged wife and her friend. The resulting trial and acquittal generated unprecedented media coverage and public debate. A separate civil trial in 1997 found Simpson guilty in a wrongful-death suit.
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Universalium.
2010.
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