Current location:world >>
How O.J. Simpson's legal trouble affected his athletic legacy
world92755People have gathered around
IntroductionJim Hill on OJ Simpson death, David Goldstein on legacy of OJ trial 15:36 ...
A Heisman Trophy winner, an NFL MVP, a Hall of Famer and the first running back to eclipse the 2,000-yard mark in a single season — these are the accomplishments of the man many knew as the "Juice."
O.J. Simpson, the electric half-back who lit up NFL defenses for 11 seasons, died on Wednesday after battling with prostate cancer. He was 76 years old.
"He was a great football player. He had a great stamp of approval leaving the NFL," KCAL Sports Director Jim Hill said.
However, Simpson's legal troubles following his remarkable NFL career overshadowed many of his athletic achievements.
"He was a role model for all of our young kids. We could see our young kids talking about how 'I wanted to be like O.J., and that was terrific," Hill said. "That image, at that time, was destroyed."
Despite his athletic achievements, Simpson is best known for the notorious 11-month trial for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. While he was found not guilty of the pair's murder in 1995, a civil court found him liable for wrongful death and battery in 1997. He was ordered to pay nearly $33.5 million in damages to the Brown and Goldman families.
"There are a lot of people in their heart who believe that he was guilty," Hill said. "Locally, in this community, and around the country a lot of people are very upset at the final decision."
A decade later, Simpson found himself in legal trouble once again when he led five men to steal some of his old sports memorabilia back from a pair of dealers in Las Vegas. Two men with Simpson had guns, resulting in Simpson being sentenced to 33 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of armed robbery and other felonies.
Simpson served nine years in prison before getting released on parole in 2017.
Apart from his NFL career, where he tallied over 11,000 rushing yards and scored 75 touchdowns, Simpson was a revered college football player, with the USC Trojans retiring his No. 32 jersey.
More from CBS News
LA reacts to O.J. Simpson's death where infamous murder trial happenedTags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“Worldly Weave news portal”。http://ukraine.fictionsmistress.com/news-011a099980.html
Related articles
Messi in and Dybala out in Argentina squad for pre
worldBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Lionel Messi is in and Paulo Dybala is out of Argentina’s squad for f ...
【world】
Read moreCanada, Germany sign MOU to implement transatlantic hydrogen corridor
worldOTTAWA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Canada and Germany on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ...
【world】
Read moreSydney shopping mall reopens after stabbings. Police make first arrest in riot after church attack
worldSYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney shopping mall opened to the public on Thursday for the first time since a mas ...
【world】
Read more
Popular articles
- Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored
- Prominent figure in German far
- 25 years after Columbine, trauma shadows survivors of the school shooting
- Dodgers legend Carl Erskine dies at 97... the last surviving member of Brooklyn's 'Boys Of Summer'
- Adams, Reyna, Turner, Ream are US concerns ahead of Copa America
- FIRST LOOK! Celine Dion shares a raw behind
Latest articles
Dodgers acquire pitcher Yohan Ramírez from Mets for cash
How cops used DNA left in a park 30 years ago to track down the Woodland Rapist
George Soros drops $60 MILLION into Democrats' war chest
Pamela Anderson lands starring role in The Naked Gun reboot alongside Liam Neeson
'Constantly learning' Imanaga off to impressive start with the Chicago Cubs
Deborah Cox, 49, dazzles in a silver sequin gown as she glams up at star
LINKS
- Facebook CEO apologizes for data misuse in prepared testimony to Congress
- State energy firms turn to renewables abroad
- Australia on track to eliminate cases of hepatitis C by 2030
- China releases high
- Four Long March 11 launches by sea planned
- New energy capacity to surpass coal in 2024
- Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter to Cross
- Flu season sees spike in drug production
- Flu season sees spike in drug production
- Xi Sends Congratulatory Letter to Cross