O. J. Simpson
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Orenthal James Simpson, also known by his nickname "the Juice", was an American professional football player, actor, and media personality who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. Simpson is regarded as one of the greatest running backs of all time, but his success was overshadowed by his criminal trial and contentious acquittal for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in 1994.
O.J. Simpson was an American football player, actor, and media personality best known as one of the greatest NFL running backs of all time, playing primarily for the Buffalo Bills during his 11-season career. His athletic legacy was overshadowed by his 1994 criminal trial for the murders of his former wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ron Goldman, a case that generated enormous public attention and resulted in a contentious acquittal.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- San Francisco
- Place of death
- Las Vegas
- Spouse
- Nicole Brown Simpson
- Occupation
- association football player
- Educated at
- University of Southern California
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- American football
- Sport
- athletics
- Member of team
- Buffalo Bills
- Position played
- running back
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 95
- Image
- O.J. Simpson 1990 · DN-ST-91-03444 crop.JPEG
- Height
- 185
- Convicted of
- robbery
- Significant event
- O. J. Simpson murder case
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- Commons category
- O.J. Simpson
- date of birth
- 1947-07-09
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- topic's main category
- Category:O. J. Simpson
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- end of work period
- 1979-00-00
- social media followers
- 887103
- writing language
- English language
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- date of death
- 2024-04-10
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- O. J. Simpson
- birth name
- Orenthal James Simpson
- medical condition
- rickets
- nickname
- Juice
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