OJ SIMPSON

Some startling stats from the man known as ‘The Juice.’

Orenthal James 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.

He was a Heisman Trophy candidate and a star in the 1967 USC vs. UCLA football game. His 64 yard touchdown run in the 4th quarter tied the game, with the PAT the margin of victory. This was the biggest play in what is regarded as one of the greatest football games of the 20th century.

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.

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.

He was also the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season.

He also starred in a ton of movies: ‘The Cassandra Crossing,’ ‘Capricorn One,’ ‘The Klansman,’ ‘The Towering Inferno,’ and ‘The Naked Gun’ trilogy.

As he was such a likeable chap – with a smile to boot – OJ endorsed many products. He was a spokesman for the Hertz rental car company, as well as Pioneer Chicken; he owned two franchises, one of which was destroyed during the LA riots.

It’s fair to say, ‘The Juice’s’ personal life wasn’t as successful. On June 24, 1967 Simpson married Marguerite L. Whitley. Together they had three children: Arnelle, Jason and Aaren. In 1979, Aaren drowned in the family's swimming pool a month before her second birthday. That same year Simpson and Marguerite were divorced.

On February 2, 1985, Simpson married Nicole Brown. They had two children, Sydney and Justin, and were divorced in 1992. In 1989, Simpson pled no contest to a domestic violence charge and was separated from Nicole Brown, to whom he was paying child support.

THE GOAT!

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 in a now infamous white Ford Bronco SUV. The pursuit, arrest and trial were among the most widely publicized in American history.

The trial culminated on October 3, 1995 in a verdict of not guilty for the two murders. But it wasn’t over yet. On February 5, 1997, in a subsequent civil trial, a 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. Then, unbelievably, just when you’d think ‘The Juice’ would retire to a small island and start a salmon farm, he releases a book titled, ‘If I did it.’