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Who Was O.J Simpson? Orenthal James Simpson, more commonly known as O.J Simpson and “The Juice”. Orenthal was a NFL legend being a running back for the Buffalo Bills and has received many awards during his career and was put into the NFL hall of fame in 1985, however on June 14, 1994 O.J was arrested for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. Should O.J keep his position in the hall of fame? Should he be in jail? Was he innocent? Some of you think these answers are obvious especially for the latter question, however after reading this your answers may change slightly. Simpson’s early years didn’t start out as one would call ideal. At only two years old Simpson had developed Rickets (also known as osetomalacia) a disease caused by lack of vitamin D and calcium which weakens the bones, due to his rickets Simpson had become bow-legged. At the age of …show more content…

When he first started on the Buffalo Bills he was just ordinary until the plays were made to support his extraordinary running skills which put him in the NFL hall of fame. His skills allowed him to make NFL world record, for example in 1975 Simpson had scored 23 touchdowns in the league and on 1976 Thanksgiving Day he ran 273 yards when the Buffalo Bills played the Detroit Lions. In 1985 the same year he was put in the NFL hall of fame, Simpson had met and would later marry in the same year Nicole Brown. Nicole had complained that Simpson was physically abusive. On 1989 during a New Year’s Eve party they had a physical fight, on which Simpson had allegedly threatened to kill her. During an interview with ESPN concerning the fight Simpson had said “We had a fight. We were both guilty. No one was hurt. It was no big deal, and we got on with our life.” Brown eventually filed for divorce in

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