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			'''Orenthal James Simpson''' (born ], ], ], ], ]), commonly known as '''O. J. Simpson''' and also ] '''O.J.''' and his nickname '''The Juice''', is a retired ] player who achieved stardom at the ] and ] levels. He later worked as an ], ] and ].
	'''Orenthal James Simpson''' Killed her.

			Although considered one of the greatest ]s of all time, Simpson is infamous for having been tried for the murder of ex-wife ] and her friend ] in ]. He was ] in ] in ] after a lengthy, ] (often called the "]" in America). In ], Simpson was found liable for their deaths in ], but to date has paid little of the $33.5 million judgment.. He gained further notoriety in late 2006 when he wrote a book titled '']'', withdrawn by the publisher just before its release, which purports to be a first-person fictional account of the murder had he actually committed it.

			==Football career==
			===High school===
			At ] in San Francisco, Simpson played for the school football team, the Galileo Lions.

			===College===
			From 1965 to 1966, Simpson was a student at ], a ]. He played both offense (running back) and defense (defensive back), and was named to the Junior College All American team as a running back. Simpson earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California where he played ] for the ] in 1967 and 1968. Simpson led the nation in rushing. With 1,451 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1967 he was on his way to becoming the greatest. In 1968, he rushed for 1,709 yards and 22 touchdowns, earning the ], the ], and the ] that year. He still holds the record for the Heisman's largest margin of victory, defeating the runner-up by 1,750 points. Simpson also won the Walter Camp Award in 1967 and was a two-time ].

			===NFL===
			There was a regular-season NFL game nicknamed for Simpson; it was the "O.J. Bowl", between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers, because it was thought the loser would get the first crack at drafting him. The Eagles won that game 12-0 (on 4 field goals by Sam Baker); but it turned out that neither of those teams drafted him.

			Simpson was drafted by the ]'s ], who got first pick in the 1969 ] after finishing 1-12-1 in ]. Early in his ] career, Simpson struggled on poor Buffalo teams, averaging only 622 yards per season for his first three.

			He first rushed for more than 1,000 yards in ], gaining a total of 1,251. In ], Simpson rushed for a then-record 2,003 yards, becoming the first player ever to pass the 2,000-yard mark, and scored 12 touchdowns. Simpson gained more than 1,000 rushing yards for each of his next three seasons.

			Simpson's 1977 season in Buffalo was cut short by injury. Before the 1978 season, Simpson signed with the ], where he played two unremarkable seasons.

			For his career, Simpson gained 11,236 rushing yards, placing him 14th on the NFL's all-time rushing list. He was named NFL Player of the Year in 1972, 1973, and played in six ]s. Simpson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

			==Family life==
			Simpson was born to Eunice Durden Simpson (], ]–], ])
			and James "Jimmy" Lee Simpson (], ]–], ]). His aunt gave him the name Orenthal, which supposedly was the name of a French actor she liked.<ref>Schwartz, Larry (2000) '''' ESPN.com.</ref> His parents were separated in ]. Simpson has one brother: Melvin Leon "Truman" Simpson, and two sisters: Shirley Simpson-Baker and Carmelita Simpson-Durio.

			In his childhood, Simpson fought off a great deal of adversity. From ages three to five, he had to wear homemade braces after contracting ]. In ], he joined the Persian Warriors, a San Francisco street gang, and was incarcerated at the San Francisco Youth Guidance Center in ].

			On ], ] Simpson married Marguerite L. Whitley. Together they had three children: Arnelle L. Simpson (born ], ]), Jason L. Simpson (born ], ]) and Aaren Lashone Simpson (born ], ]). In 1979, Aaren drowned in the family's swimming pool a month before her second birthday. That same year Simpson and Marguerite were divorced.

			==Acting==
			After his retirement from football and in the NFL, Simpson went on to a successful film career with parts in films such as the television mini-series '']'', and the dramatic motion pictures'' ]'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and comedic '']'' trilogy. In 1979, he started his own film production company Orenthal Productions, which dealt mostly in made-for-TV fare such as the family-oriented ''Goldie and the Boxer'' films and ''Cocaine and Blue Eyes'', the pilot for a proposed detective series on NBC. Simpson was considered for the lead role in '']'', before it was decided audiences might not accept him as a relentless ], due to his "nice guy" image.

			Simpson's amiable persona and natural charisma landed him numerous endorsement deals. He was a spokesman for the ] rental car company. He would often be shown running through airports, as if to suggest he was back on the football field. Simpson was also a longtime spokesman for ] and owned two franchises, one of which was destroyed during the ], as well as Honeybaked Hams, the pX Corporation, the ] line of Napa Naturals soft drinks, and he appeared in comic book ads for Dingo shoes.

			Besides his acting career, Simpson had stints as a commentator for '']'' and '']''. He also hosted an episode of '']'', but he was the only host not invited to attend the program's 25th anniversary celebration special in 1999.

			==Image prior to the murder case==
			Prior to being tried for murder, Simpson enjoyed an excellent public image in the minds of the majority of Americans. Wrote Larry Schwartz for ESPN.com:
			<blockquote>Off the field, Simpson made a conscious decision to project a positive image, to distance himself from the teenage O.J. who was a troublemaker and spent time in a correctional center. He had an innate way of communicating warmth and charm that lifted him to an almost mythical level and made him the first African-American athlete to be merchandised on a grand scale.

			His Hertz commercials pictured a dapper O.J. running to catch a Hertz rent-a-car, smiling as he hurdled the airport guardrail and flashed past the cheering old lady. He was an African-American man interacting with white men and women as if this were a natural part of our society, as if other African-American athletes were not protesting the segregation that still existed.

			Overtly, Simpson sidestepped the entire issue, appearing apolitical, which was how the business community and the audiences accepted him, all of which catapulted him to a level of financial success unknown to most athletes -- black or white -- of his time.<ref>Schwartz, Larry (2000) '''' ESPN.com.</ref></blockquote>

			==Murder case==
			<!-- Unsourced image removed: ], taken in 1994]] -->
			===Criminal trial===
			{{Main\|O. J. Simpson murder case}}
			Simpson pleaded ] to a domestic violence charge and was separated from Nicole Brown, to whom he was paying child support. On ], ] Nicole and her friend ] were found dead outside Brown's ]. Simpson was soon charged with their murders. After failing to turn himself in, he became the object of a low-speed pursuit. The pursuit, arrest and trial were among the most widely publicized in American history. The trial, often characterized as being "the ]", culminated on ], ] in a verdict of not guilty for the two murders. The verdict was seen live on TV by more than half the U.S. population, making it one of the most watched events in American TV history. There has been significant criticism of the prosecution and the police, and many contend that Simpson would have been found guilty had there not been so many mistakes and irregularities. Conversely, the jury has fallen under criticism for their ruling as well as the defense team for their courtroom tactics. Immediate reaction to the verdict was noted for its division along racial lines.

			===Civil trial===
			On ], ] a civil jury in ], ] found Simpson liable for the ] of Ronald Goldman, battery against Ronald Goldman, and battery against Nicole Brown. The attorney for plaintiff Fred Goldman (father of Ronald Goldman) was ]. Simpson was ordered to pay ]33,500,000 in damages. However, California law protects pensions from being used to satisfy judgments, so Simpson was able to continue much of his lifestyle based on his NFL pension. A 2000 '']'' article reported that Simpson also still makes a significant income by signing autographs. He subsequently moved from ] to ], ]. In Florida, a person's residence cannot be seized to collect a debt under most circumstances. It was also reported that Simpson's ] was seized as an asset to pay the settlement.

			==Other related litigation==
			The civil and criminal trials of Simpson were not the only important legal cases that were spawned by the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman on ] ].

			*] and his wife, Kathleen, bought a house next to Simpson's estate in ] at the corner of Ashford and Rockingham just ten days before the murders of which Simpson was accused. The ] and hordes of curious ]s tormented them (and the rest of Simpson's neighbors) for the next four years. Their subsequent legal battle with the ] culminated in the rule that they could not apply the drop in their house's value as a casualty loss deduction on their ] return, because it was only temporary.

			*Simpson's house guest on the night of the murders, ], sued Globe Communications for $15 million after it ran a headline in one of its ] newspapers insinuating that Kaelin was the real murderer. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant, but on appeal, Kaelin convinced the ] that he had a valid claim for ]. Kaelin settled his lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

			*A ] ] attorney, William B. Ritchie, challenged the validity of Simpson's ]s under a federal statute that bars immoral, deceptive, or scandalous subject matter. Ritchie argued that because of the whole sequence of events from 1994 through 1997, Simpson's very name had become immoral and scandalous and thus could not be protected as a trademark. Ritchie convinced the ] that he had standing to challenge Simpson's trademarks under the ]. Simpson has since abandoned his trademarks.

			*On ], ], Ron Goldman's father took Simpson back to court to obtain control over his "right to publicity" for purposes of satisfying the judgment in the civil court case. On ], ] a federal judge issued a restraining order prohibiting Simpson from spending any advance he may have received on a canceled TV and book deal. The matter was dismissed before trial for lack of jurisdiction. On ], ] a California state judge issued an additional restraining order, ordering Simpson to restrict his spending to "ordinary and necessary living expenses".

			==Filmography==
			*'']'' ''episode'' ''The Last 10 Yards'' (1969)
			*'']'' ''(TV series)'' ''episode'' ''Blackout'' (1972)
			*'']'' (1973)
			*'']'' ''(TV series)'' ''episode'' ''The Big Game'' (1973)
			*'']'' (1974)
			*'']'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1974)
			*'']'' (1974)
			*'']'' (1976)
			*''Killer Force'' ''aka The Diamond Mercenaries'' (1976)
			*''A Killing Affair'' ''aka Behind the Badge'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1977)
			*''] (1977)
			*'']'' (1978)
			*''Firepower'' (1979)
			*''Goldie and the Boxer'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1979)
			*''Detour to Terror'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1980)
			*''Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1981)
			*''Cocaine and Blue Eyes'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1983)
			*''Hambone and Hillie'' (1984)
			*'']'' (1985-1991)
			*'']'' (1987)
			*''Student Exchange'' ''(made-for-TV)'' (1987)
			*'']'' ''aka The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'' (1988)
			*'']'' ''episode Walkout'' (1989)
			*'']'' (1991)
			*''CIA Code Name: Alexa'' (1993)
			*'']'' (1993)
			*''Frogmen'' ''(unaired TV pilot)'' (1994)
			*'']'' (1994)
			*'']'' ''(TV pay-per-view)'' (2006)

			==External links==
			*''Pro Football Hall of Fame:''
			*''College Football Hall of Fame:''
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			*{{imdb name\|id=0001740\|name=O.J. Simpson}}
			*{{nndb name\|id=390/000022324\|name=O.J. Simpson}}
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			* Profile at USC Legends
			* Profile at Rosebowl Legends
			* The Book Standard, November 2006
			* at Amazon

			===Civil and criminal trials===
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American football player

O. J. Simpson

Career history

Buffalo Bills
San Francisco 49ers

Stats at Pro Football Reference

Pro Football Hall of Fame

College Football Hall of Fame

Orenthal James Simpson (born July 9, 1947, San Francisco, California, United States), commonly known as O. J. Simpson and also just by his initials O.J. and his nickname The Juice, is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels. He later worked as an actor, spokesperson and broadcaster.

Although considered one of the greatest running backs of all time, Simpson is infamous for having been tried for the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. He was acquitted in criminal court in 1995 after a lengthy, highly publicized trial (often called the "Trial of the Century" in America). In 1997, Simpson was found liable for their deaths in civil court, but to date has paid little of the $33.5 million judgment.. He gained further notoriety in late 2006 when he wrote a book titled If I Did It, withdrawn by the publisher just before its release, which purports to be a first-person fictional account of the murder had he actually committed it.

Football career

High school

At Galileo High School in San Francisco, Simpson played for the school football team, the Galileo Lions.

College

From 1965 to 1966, Simpson was a student at City College of San Francisco, a California Community Colleges system. He played both offense (running back) and defense (defensive back), and was named to the Junior College All American team as a running back. Simpson earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Southern California where he played running back for the University of Southern California in 1967 and 1968. Simpson led the nation in rushing. With 1,451 yards and 11 touchdowns in 1967 he was on his way to becoming the greatest. In 1968, he rushed for 1,709 yards and 22 touchdowns, earning the Heisman Trophy, the Maxwell Award, and the Walter Camp Award that year. He still holds the record for the Heisman's largest margin of victory, defeating the runner-up by 1,750 points. Simpson also won the Walter Camp Award in 1967 and was a two-time All-American.

NFL

There was a regular-season NFL game nicknamed for Simpson; it was the "O.J. Bowl", between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers, because it was thought the loser would get the first crack at drafting him. The Eagles won that game 12-0 (on 4 field goals by Sam Baker); but it turned out that neither of those teams drafted him.

Simpson was drafted by the NFL's Buffalo Bills, who got first pick in the 1969 draft after finishing 1-12-1 in 1968. Early in his NFL career, Simpson struggled on poor Buffalo teams, averaging only 622 yards per season for his first three.

He first rushed for more than 1,000 yards in 1972, gaining a total of 1,251. In 1973, Simpson rushed for a then-record 2,003 yards, becoming the first player ever to pass the 2,000-yard mark, and scored 12 touchdowns. Simpson gained more than 1,000 rushing yards for each of his next three seasons.

Simpson's 1977 season in Buffalo was cut short by injury. Before the 1978 season, Simpson signed with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played two unremarkable seasons.

For his career, Simpson gained 11,236 rushing yards, placing him 14th on the NFL's all-time rushing list. He was named NFL Player of the Year in 1972, 1973, and played in six Pro Bowls. Simpson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.

Family life

Simpson was born to Eunice Durden Simpson (October 23, 1921–November 9, 2001) and James "Jimmy" Lee Simpson (January 28, 1920–June 9, 1986). His aunt gave him the name Orenthal, which supposedly was the name of a French actor she liked. His parents were separated in 1952. Simpson has one brother: Melvin Leon "Truman" Simpson, and two sisters: Shirley Simpson-Baker and Carmelita Simpson-Durio.

In his childhood, Simpson fought off a great deal of adversity. From ages three to five, he had to wear homemade braces after contracting rickets. In 1960, he joined the Persian Warriors, a San Francisco street gang, and was incarcerated at the San Francisco Youth Guidance Center in 1962.

On June 24, 1967 Simpson married Marguerite L. Whitley. Together they had three children: Arnelle L. Simpson (born December 4, 1968), Jason L. Simpson (born April 21, 1970) and Aaren Lashone Simpson (born September 24, 1977). In 1979, Aaren drowned in the family's swimming pool a month before her second birthday. That same year Simpson and Marguerite were divorced.

Acting

After his retirement from football and in the NFL, Simpson went on to a successful film career with parts in films such as the television mini-series Roots, and the dramatic motion pictures The Cassandra Crossing, Capricorn One, The Klansman, The Towering Inferno, Back to the Beach, and comedic The Naked Gun trilogy. In 1979, he started his own film production company Orenthal Productions, which dealt mostly in made-for-TV fare such as the family-oriented Goldie and the Boxer films and Cocaine and Blue Eyes, the pilot for a proposed detective series on NBC. Simpson was considered for the lead role in The Terminator, before it was decided audiences might not accept him as a relentless villain, due to his "nice guy" image.

Simpson's amiable persona and natural charisma landed him numerous endorsement deals. He was a spokesman for the Hertz rental car company. He would often be shown running through airports, as if to suggest he was back on the football field. Simpson was also a longtime spokesman for Pioneer Chicken and owned two franchises, one of which was destroyed during the LA riots, as well as Honeybaked Hams, the pX Corporation, the Calistoga Water Company's line of Napa Naturals soft drinks, and he appeared in comic book ads for Dingo shoes.

Besides his acting career, Simpson had stints as a commentator for Monday Night Football and The NFL on NBC. He also hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, but he was the only host not invited to attend the program's 25th anniversary celebration special in 1999.

Image prior to the murder case

Prior to being tried for murder, Simpson enjoyed an excellent public image in the minds of the majority of Americans. Wrote Larry Schwartz for ESPN.com:

Off the field, Simpson made a conscious decision to project a positive image, to distance himself from the teenage O.J. who was a troublemaker and spent time in a correctional center. He had an innate way of communicating warmth and charm that lifted him to an almost mythical level and made him the first African-American athlete to be merchandised on a grand scale.
His Hertz commercials pictured a dapper O.J. running to catch a Hertz rent-a-car, smiling as he hurdled the airport guardrail and flashed past the cheering old lady. He was an African-American man interacting with white men and women as if this were a natural part of our society, as if other African-American athletes were not protesting the segregation that still existed.
Overtly, Simpson sidestepped the entire issue, appearing apolitical, which was how the business community and the audiences accepted him, all of which catapulted him to a level of financial success unknown to most athletes -- black or white -- of his time.

Murder case

Criminal trial

Main article: O. J. Simpson murder case

Simpson pleaded no contest to a domestic violence charge and was separated from Nicole Brown, to whom he was paying child support. On June 12, 1994 Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman were found dead outside Brown's condominium. Simpson was soon charged with their murders. After failing to turn himself in, he became the object of a low-speed pursuit. The pursuit, arrest and trial were among the most widely publicized in American history. The trial, often characterized as being "the Trial of the Century", culminated on October 3, 1995 in a verdict of not guilty for the two murders. The verdict was seen live on TV by more than half the U.S. population, making it one of the most watched events in American TV history. There has been significant criticism of the prosecution and the police, and many contend that Simpson would have been found guilty had there not been so many mistakes and irregularities. Conversely, the jury has fallen under criticism for their ruling as well as the defense team for their courtroom tactics. Immediate reaction to the verdict was noted for its division along racial lines.

Civil trial

On February 5, 1997 a civil jury in Santa Monica, California found Simpson liable for the wrongful death of Ronald Goldman, battery against Ronald Goldman, and battery against Nicole Brown. The attorney for plaintiff Fred Goldman (father of Ronald Goldman) was Daniel Petrocelli. Simpson was ordered to pay $33,500,000 in damages. However, California law protects pensions from being used to satisfy judgments, so Simpson was able to continue much of his lifestyle based on his NFL pension. A 2000 Rolling Stone article reported that Simpson also still makes a significant income by signing autographs. He subsequently moved from California to Miami, Florida. In Florida, a person's residence cannot be seized to collect a debt under most circumstances. It was also reported that Simpson's Heisman Trophy was seized as an asset to pay the settlement.

Other related litigation

The civil and criminal trials of Simpson were not the only important legal cases that were spawned by the deaths of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman on June 12 1994.

Gerald Chamales and his wife, Kathleen, bought a house next to Simpson's estate in Brentwood at the corner of Ashford and Rockingham just ten days before the murders of which Simpson was accused. The media circus and hordes of curious tourists tormented them (and the rest of Simpson's neighbors) for the next four years. Their subsequent legal battle with the IRS culminated in the rule that they could not apply the drop in their house's value as a casualty loss deduction on their income tax return, because it was only temporary.

Simpson's house guest on the night of the murders, Brian "Kato" Kaelin, sued Globe Communications for $15 million after it ran a headline in one of its tabloid newspapers insinuating that Kaelin was the real murderer. The district court granted summary judgment to the defendant, but on appeal, Kaelin convinced the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit that he had a valid claim for defamation. Kaelin settled his lawsuit for an undisclosed amount.

A New Hampshire intellectual property attorney, William B. Ritchie, challenged the validity of Simpson's trademarks under a federal statute that bars immoral, deceptive, or scandalous subject matter. Ritchie argued that because of the whole sequence of events from 1994 through 1997, Simpson's very name had become immoral and scandalous and thus could not be protected as a trademark. Ritchie convinced the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that he had standing to challenge Simpson's trademarks under the Lanham Act. Simpson has since abandoned his trademarks.

On September 5, 2006, Ron Goldman's father took Simpson back to court to obtain control over his "right to publicity" for purposes of satisfying the judgment in the civil court case. On January 4, 2007 a federal judge issued a restraining order prohibiting Simpson from spending any advance he may have received on a canceled TV and book deal. The matter was dismissed before trial for lack of jurisdiction. On January 19, 2007 a California state judge issued an additional restraining order, ordering Simpson to restrict his spending to "ordinary and necessary living expenses".

Filmography

Medical Center (TV series) episode The Last 10 Yards (1969)
Cade's County (TV series) episode Blackout (1972)
Why (1973)
Here's Lucy (TV series) episode The Big Game (1973)
The Klansman (1974)
O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose (made-for-TV) (1974)
The Towering Inferno (1974)
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Killer Force aka The Diamond Mercenaries (1976)
A Killing Affair aka Behind the Badge (made-for-TV) (1977)
Roots (TV miniseries) (1977)
Capricorn One (1978)
Firepower (1979)
Goldie and the Boxer (made-for-TV) (1979)
Detour to Terror (made-for-TV) (1980)
Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (made-for-TV) (1981)
Cocaine and Blue Eyes (made-for-TV) (1983)
Hambone and Hillie (1984)
1st & Ten (TV series) (1985-1991)
Back to the Beach (1987)
Student Exchange (made-for-TV) (1987)
The Naked Gun aka The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
In the Heat of the Night (TV series) episode Walkout (1989)
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
CIA Code Name: Alexa (1993)
No Place to Hide (1993)
Frogmen (unaired TV pilot) (1994)
The Naked Gun 33⅓:The Final Insult (1994)
Juiced with O.J. Simpson (TV pay-per-view) (2006)

External links

Pro Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
College Football Hall of Fame: Member profile
Template:Pro-football-reference
O.J. Simpson at IMDb
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O. J. Passes On Reality Show, But…
Biography on O.J. Simpson
O.J. Simpson Profile at USC Legends
O.J. Simpson Profile at Rosebowl Legends
Secret Simpson Book Comes Out For Sweeps The Book Standard, November 2006
O.J. Simpson Autobiography at Amazon

Civil and criminal trials

Preceded byGary Beban	Heisman Trophy Winner 1968	Succeeded bySteve Owens
Preceded byLarry Brown	NFL Most Valuable Player 1973 season	Succeeded byKen Stabler

v t e American Football League first overall draft picks
1961: Gaiters 1962: Gabriel 1963: Buchanan 1964: Concannon 1965: Namath 1966: Grabowski 1967: Griese 1968: Johnson 1969: Simpson

v t e NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
Sammy Baugh Otto Graham Joe Montana Johnny Unitas Jim Brown Marion Motley Bronko Nagurski Walter Payton Gale Sayers O. J. Simpson Steve Van Buren Lance Alworth Raymond Berry Don Hutson Jerry Rice Mike Ditka Kellen Winslow Roosevelt Brown Forrest Gregg Anthony Muñoz John Hannah Jim Parker Gene Upshaw Mel Hein Mike Webster Deacon Jones Gino Marchetti Reggie White Joe Greene Bob Lilly Merlin Olsen Dick Butkus Jack Ham Ted Hendricks Jack Lambert Willie Lanier Ray Nitschke Lawrence Taylor Mel Blount Mike Haynes Dick Lane Rod Woodson Ken Houston Ronnie Lott Larry Wilson Ray Guy Jan Stenerud Billy Johnson

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

v t e NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team
Terry Bradshaw Ken Stabler Roger Staubach Earl Campbell Franco Harris Walter Payton O. J. Simpson Harold Carmichael Drew Pearson Lynn Swann Paul Warfield Dave Casper Charlie Sanders Dan Dierdorf Art Shell Rayfield Wright Ron Yary Joe DeLamielleure John Hannah Larry Little Gene Upshaw Jim Langer Mike Webster Carl Eller L. C. Greenwood Harvey Martin Jack Youngblood Joe Greene Bob Lilly Merlin Olsen Alan Page Bobby Bell Robert Brazile Dick Butkus Jack Ham Ted Hendricks Jack Lambert Willie Brown Jimmy Johnson Roger Wehrli Louis Wright Dick Anderson Cliff Harris Ken Houston Larry Wilson Garo Yepremian Jim Bakken Ray Guy Jerrel Wilson Rick Upchurch Billy Johnson Don Shula Chuck Noll

NFL's 1970s All-Decade Team

v t e AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award winners
1957: J. Brown 1958: J. Brown 1959: Unitas 1960: Van Brocklin 1961: Hornung 1962: J. Taylor 1963: Tittle 1964: Unitas 1965: J. Brown 1966: Starr 1967: Unitas 1968: Morrall 1969: Gabriel 1970: Brodie 1971: Page 1972: L. Brown 1973: Simpson 1974: Stabler 1975: Tarkenton 1976: Jones 1977: Payton 1978: Bradshaw 1979: Campbell 1980: Sipe 1981: Anderson 1982: Moseley 1983: Theismann 1984: Marino 1985: Allen 1986: L. Taylor 1987: Elway 1988: Esiason 1989: Montana 1990: Montana 1991: Thomas 1992: Young 1993: Smith 1994: Young 1995: Favre 1996: Favre 1997: Favre & Sanders 1998: Davis 1999: Warner 2000: Faulk 2001: Warner 2002: Gannon 2003: Manning & McNair 2004: Manning 2005: Alexander 2006: Tomlinson 2007: Brady 2008: Manning 2009: Manning 2010: Brady 2011: Rodgers 2012: Peterson 2013: Manning 2014: Rodgers 2015: Newton 2016: Ryan 2017: Brady 2018: Mahomes 2019: Jackson 2020: Rodgers 2021: Rodgers 2022: Mahomes 2023: Jackson

AP NFL Most Valuable Player Award winners

1957: J. Brown
1958: J. Brown
1959: Unitas
1960: Van Brocklin
1961: Hornung
1962: J. Taylor
1963: Tittle
1964: Unitas
1965: J. Brown
1966: Starr
1967: Unitas
1968: Morrall
1969: Gabriel
1970: Brodie
1971: Page
1972: L. Brown
1973: Simpson
1974: Stabler
1975: Tarkenton
1976: Jones
1977: Payton
1978: Bradshaw
1979: Campbell
1980: Sipe
1981: Anderson
1982: Moseley
1983: Theismann
1984: Marino
1985: Allen
1986: L. Taylor
1987: Elway
1988: Esiason
1989: Montana
1990: Montana
1991: Thomas
1992: Young
1993: Smith
1994: Young
1995: Favre
1996: Favre
1997: Favre & Sanders
1998: Davis
1999: Warner
2000: Faulk
2001: Warner
2002: Gannon
2003: Manning & McNair
2004: Manning
2005: Alexander
2006: Tomlinson
2007: Brady
2008: Manning
2009: Manning
2010: Brady
2011: Rodgers
2012: Peterson
2013: Manning
2014: Rodgers
2015: Newton
2016: Ryan
2017: Brady
2018: Mahomes
2019: Jackson
2020: Rodgers
2021: Rodgers
2022: Mahomes
2023: Jackson

v t e Murder trial of O. J. Simpson
Key figures	O. J. Simpson (defendant) Nicole Brown Simpson (victim) Ron Goldman (victim)
Judge	Lance Ito
Prosecution figures	Marcia Clark Christopher Darden Gil Garcetti William Hodgman
Defense figures	F. Lee Bailey Johnnie Cochran Alan Dershowitz Carl E. Douglas Robert Kardashian Peter Neufeld Barry Scheck Robert Shapiro Gerald Uelmen
Witnesses	Traci Adell Michael Baden Pablo Fenjves Mark Fuhrman Kato Kaelin Henry Lee
Other figures	Al Cowlings Faye Resnick Glen Edward Rogers
Other elements	Brentwood Centinela Avenue DNA evidence Ford Bronco chase Fuhrman tapes Innocence Project Reactions to verdict
In popular culture	The O. J. Simpson Story Outrage If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer American Tragedy The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story June 17th, 1994 My Brother the Serial Killer O.J.: Made in America The Juice The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson

Schwartz, Larry (2000) "Before trial, Simpson charmed America." ESPN.com.
Schwartz, Larry (2000) "Before trial, Simpson charmed America." ESPN.com.

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