NFL superstar OJ Simpson played running back for 11 seasons, with the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977 and with the San Francisco 49ers from 1978 to 1979. He was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, and he maintains the record as the only player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a 14-game season. In 1994, Simpsons wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were found stabbed to death outside Brown's condominium in LA. Simpson was a person of interest in their murders, and on June 17, after failing to turn himself in, he became the object of a low-speed police pursuit which interrupted coverage of the 1994 NBA Finals. The subsequent trial was among the most widely publicised events in American history, and finished with a verdict of "not guilty" for the two murders. An estimated 100 million people nationwide across the US watched / listened to the verdict announcement. Following Simpson's acquittal, the crime remains unsolved to this day. He is currently serving a 33 year sentence for multiple felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping.
