Oreathal James Simpson, also known as OJ Simpson, was born on July 9th, 1947 in San Francisco (3c. His Aunt named him after a French actor she liked (3). At the age of two, he was told by a doctor that he had pigeon toes and bow legs (30). The doctor made him wear a pair of shoes connected by an iron bar for a few hours a day, until Simpson was five (3). At the age of thirteen, Simpson joined a gang called "Persian Warriors" where he would steal and get into fights (3c). One fight even planned Simpson into juvie for over a week (3c). When his grades were dropping, his academic career went out the window, Simpson once graduated high school and joined a Major League football (3c). Simpson discovered he was great at football and this was the beginning…show more content… Simpson won the Thesis man football trophy, College's top award for football (3b). Simpson was first pick in the NFL draft by the Buffalo Bills where he played as a running back (3b). Later in Simpson's career he was traded and played for the San Francisco 49ers (3b). In 1978, Simpson had started his acting career and starred in Hertz commercials and movies such as "Capricorn One" and "Naked Gun" (3b). Simpson was later inducted into the football hall of fame in 1885 (3). Simpson married Nicole Brown in 1885 and had two kids, Sydne and Justin (3b). 1992 Spimson and Nicole get divorce (3b). July 12, 1994, Nicole and Simpson's friend Ron Goldman were found outside of Nicole's house, stabbed to death (3b). " O. J. Simpson, legendary football star and actor brought down by his murder trial, is at seventy six" (3a). It was one of the most notorious criminal trials in American history" (3a). Simpson became a suspect real quick (3a). Instead of surrendering, Simpson hid in the back of a sports utility vehicle, while his friend, A.C. Cowlings, drove (3a). Simpson was holding a gun to his head while in the back, Simpson was threatening to take his own life (3a). Cops were following the vehicle at very low speeds for a little over an hour
