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O.J. Simpson poses for a photo in February 1968.

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USC's O.J. Simpson against California in Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Nov. 9, 1968.

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USC's O.J. Simpson poses with the Heisman Trophy at New York's Downtown Athletic Club on Dec. 5, 1968.

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O.J. Simpson as a rookie with the Buffalo Bills in 1969. He was the No. 1 draft pick that year.

O.J. Simpson played nine seasons for the Buffalo Bills and was the first player in NFL history to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season.

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O.J. Simpson, poses with his wife, Marguerite, daughter Arnella, 4, and son Jason, 2, in Buffalo on Oct. 10, 1973.

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O.J. Simpson speaks to the media about being traded from the Buffalo Bills to the San Francisco 49ers as 49ers owner Edward DeBartolo Jr. looks on during a press conference in San Francisco, March 24, 1978.

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O.J. Simpson at San Francisco 49ers training camp on Aug. 1, 1978.

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San Francisco 49ers running back O.J. Simpson is escorted from the field by police after his last NFL game on Dec. 16, 1979. He finished his 11-year career with 11,236 rushing yards and 75 total touchdowns.

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O.J. Simpson and friend, Nicole Brown get together at party in the Beverly Hills section of Los Angeles on May 6, 1980.

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Football greats Joe Namath, left, and O. J. Simpson, right, stand in front of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, one day before their official induction, on August 2, 1985.

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O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, celebrate the opening of the Harley-Davidson Cafe on Oct. 19, 1993.

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O.J. Simpson, center, daughter Sydney and son Justin arrive at a private funeral for his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles on June 16, 1994.

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A white Ford Bronco, driven by Al Cowlings carrying O.J. Simpson, is trailed by Los Angeles police cars as it travels on a freeway in Los Angeles on June 17, 1994.

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The official booking photograph released by the Los Angeles Police Department of O.J. Simpson after being charged with two murders on June 17, 1994.

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O.J. Simpson bites his lip Friday, July 8, 1994, as he listens to Dr. Irwin L. Golden, a medical examiner, describe the extent of Nicole Simpson Brown's wounds during testimony in Los Angeles Criminal Courts.

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O.J. Simpson and defense attorney Robert Shapiro sit in a Los Angeles Superior courtroom as Judge Lance Ito refused a request to open an afternoon session to the media on Aug. 26, 1994.

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O.J. Simpson shows the jury a new pair of Aris extra-large gloves, similar to the gloves found at the Bundy and Rockingham crime scene during his trial for double murder on June 21, 1995.

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Defendant O.J. Simpson listens to testimony in the double murder case of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, in Los Angeles on July 1, 1995.

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O.J. Simpson is surrounded by his defense attorneys from left, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Peter Neufeld, Robert Shapiro, Robert Kardashian, and Robert Blasier, seated at left, at the close of defense arguments in Los Angeles on Sept. 28, 1995.

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O.J. Simpson, center, with defense attorneys F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran after Simpson was found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman at the Criminal Courts Building in Los Angeles on Oct. 3, 1995.

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O.J. Simpson adjusts his tie before the jury selection of his trial at the Miami circuit court October 9, 2001 in Miami, Florida. Simpson is on trial for an incident stemming from a December traffic altercation in which a motorist accused him of reaching into his car and pulling off his glasses.

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(FILES) Attorney Robert Shapiro (L) and O.J. Simpson listen as Simpson's friend Rosie Grier testifies December 9, 1994 during a hearing in the Simpson murder case in Los Angeles. Simpson has died at the age of 76, his family said on April 11, 2024. (Photo by Lois Bernstien / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LOIS BERNSTIEN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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(FILES) This official booking photograph released by the Los Angeles Police Department shows O.J. Simpson as the former professional football star is booked for murder 17 June, 1994. Simpson is charged in the slayings of his ex-wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman. Simpson has died at the age of 76, his family said on April 11, 2024. (Photo by Handout / Los Angeles Police Department / AFP) (Photo by HANDOUT/Los Angeles Police Department/AFP via Getty Images)

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(FILES) O.J. Simpson shows the jury a new pair of Aris extra-large gloves, similar to the gloves found at the Bundy and Rockingham crime scene 21 June 1995, during his double murder trial in Los Angeles, California. Deputy Sheriff Roland Jex(L) and Prosecutor Christopher Darden (R) look on. Simpson has died at the age of 76, his family said on April 11, 2024. (Photo by VINCE BUCCI / POOL / AFP) (Photo by VINCE BUCCI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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O.J. Simpson sits during a break on the second day of an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas on May 14, 2013.

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O.J. Simpson appears via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on July 20, 2017.

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