O.J. Simpson through the years
Here are photos of O.J. Simpson through the years — mostly from his time spent in Buffalo when he played for the Bills.
O.J. Simpson on the day he was inducted onto the Bills' Wall of Fame. His arm is around his son Jason.
O.J. Simpson is greeted by a Bills fan as he arrives to the stadium.
O.J. Simpson arrives at Mercy Hospital for knee surgery.
O.J. Simpson during his days with the Buffalo Bills.
Bills running back O.J. Simpson breaks the 2,000-yard single season mark on Dec. 16, 1973, against the New York Jets at Shea Stadium.
O.J. Simpson is helped off the field in 1970 by A.J. Cowlings.
O.J. Simpson during his days with the Buffalo Bills.
O.J. Simpson with broadcaster Howard Cosell.
O.J. Simpson poses for the camera.
O.J. Simpson during his days with the Buffalo Bills.
O.J. Simpson on the Buffalo Bills sideline during a game.
Bills running back O.J. Simpson breaks the 2,000-yard single season mark on Dec. 16, 1973, against the New York Jets at Shea Stadium.
O.J. Simpson, Michael Militello, Nicole Brown at Mulligan's nightclub. On the far right are actors John Schuck and Elliot Gould.
From left, Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson, running back O.J. Simpson and coach Lou Saban.
O.J. Simpson with his parents on the day his name was put on the Bills Wall of Fame.
The moving crew, from left, Danny Gare, Al Cowlings, O.J. Simpson, Reggie McKenzie, Bobby Chandler.
O.J. Simpson behind the wheel waves to teammates as he prepares to move to San Francisco.
O.J. Simpson signs autographs.
O.J. Simpson dances at Mulligan's nightclub in the 1970s.
O.J. Simpson dances at Mulligan's nightclub in the 1970s.
O.J. Simpson with his family, Arnelle, Marguerite and Jason.
A 1977 photo of O.J. Simpson with former Buffalo nightclub owner Michael Militello.
Seventh graders from Buffalo's School 44 crowd around O.J. Simpson during a field trip to Rich Stadium in 1974. "The Juice saw the youngsters and invited them down on the field for a visit."
O.J. Simpson during an interview on March 12, 2018, at his home in Las Vegas.
O.J. Simpson leaves the Clark County Regional Justice Center after his preliminary hearing in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007. Simpson must face trial on kidnapping, armed robbery and other charges stemming from a suspected sports memorabilia heist, a justice of the peace ruled Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
O.J. Simpson, center of rear seat, rides into Parker Center, the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, Friday night, June 17, 1994 after his arrest following a low-speed freeway chase which ended in the drive of his Brentwood estate in Los Angeles. Simpson was charged with two counts of murder in connection with the slaying of his ex-wife Nicole, and Ron Goldman. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)
O.J. Simpson, running back for the Buffalo Bills, poses with his wife, Marguerite, in Buffalo, N.Y., on Oct. 10, 1973. (AP Photo)
O.J. Simpson leaves the Clark County jail after he was released on bail in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
**FILE** In this image from video, O.J. Simpson sits on the Internet TV set at MN1.com with the monitor showing the cover of his book "I Did It," in Dallas, in this file photo of July 31, 2007. With the new edition of Simpson's book in the top 5 on Barnes & Noble.com., the superstore said Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007, it has no plans "at this point" to stock copies of the book in stores, reiterating previous statements that there was insufficient customer interest. (AP Photo/Rich Matthews,File)
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2008, file photo, O.J. Simpson, center, arrives at the Clark County Regional Justice Center on the second day of jury selection for his trial in Las Vegas. Simpson is appearing in court on charges which include burglary, robbery and assault following an attempted robbery at the Palace Station Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on September, 2007. The return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom next Monday, May, 13, will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity. The return of O.J. Simpson to a Las Vegas courtroom next Monday, May, 13, will remind Americans of a tragedy that became a national obsession and in the process changed the country's attitude toward the justice system, the media and celebrity. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, John Locher, Pool, File)
This is a February 24, 1978 photo showing O.J. Simpson as he appeared on NBC's "Saturday Night Live" with Gilda Radner (left), and Jane Curtin. (AP Photo/Dave Pickoff)
Football star O.J. Simpson is seen in 1977. (AP Photo)
U.S. President-elect Richard M. Nixon meets members of a college All-Star team in his Pierre Hotel suite in New York City on Dec. 2, 1968. He is presented with an autographed football from O.J. Simpson. At left with crutches is Terry Hanratty of Notre Dame. The others ar not identified. (AP Photo)
O.J. Simpson at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, May 3, 2007. The 133rd Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday, May 5. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)
O.J. Simpson listens to a reporter's question as he conducts an impromptu news conference over the top of a car as he prepares to leave Superior Court for the lunch break in a hearing into his IRS tax debt Friday, June 27, 1997, in Santa Monica,Calif. Simpson said he's done nothing wrong even though the government is demanding more than $600,000 in back taxes. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
O.J. Simpson (32), of the Buffalo Bills, talks with coach Jim Ringo before a workout at Rich Stadium in Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 12, 1976. (AP Photo)
FILE - In this July 20, 2017, file photo, former NFL football star O.J. Simpson appears via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev. The 74-year-old former football hero, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, the day after a hearing before the Nevada state Board of Parole, Kim Yoko Smith, spokeswoman for the Nevada State Police, said Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Jason Bean/The Reno Gazette-Journal via AP, Pool, File)
O.J. Simpson, center, leaves the Clark County Detention Center after he was granted bail in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2007. Simpson was released from jail Wednesday after posting $125,000 bail in connection with the armed robbery of sports memorabilia collectors at a Las Vegas hotel. Simpson, wearing a light blue sport coat and dark blue pants, carried a black bag as he strolled to a gray sedan with his lawyer and drove away from the Clark County Detention Center. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Runner O.J. Simpson poses for a photo in February 1968. (AP Photo)
O.J. Simpson rests his head in his hand as he talks with friend Robert Kardashian and attorney Shawn Snider Chapman during a sidebar in his hearing in Los Angeles, July 29, 1994. Judge Lance Ito set a trial date of Sept. 20. Simpson lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. suggested there was a mystery witness who would exonerate his famous client and demanded prosecutors turn over investigative report on that person. (AP Photo/Pool/Nick Ut)
Double-murder defendant O.J. Simpson declares "I did not, could not and would not" commit murder as he addresses the court in Los Angeles, Sept. 22, 1995. The jury was not present. Both sides then rested, finishing the presentation of evidence in one of the most sensational criminal trials in American history. Behind Simpson is attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr. At far right is attorney Robert Shapiro. (AP Photo/Pool/Reed Saxon)
**FILE** O.J. Simpson is seen at the 133rd Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., in this file photo from May 5, 2007. The owner of an upscale steakhouse in Louisville said he asked O.J. Simpson to leave his restaurant the night before the Kentucky Derby because he is sickened by the attention Simpson still attracts. "I didn't want to serve him because of my convictions of what he's done to those families," Jeff Ruby said in a telephone interview Tuesday, May 8, 2007. "The way he continues to torture the lives of those families ... with his behavior, attitude and conduct." (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta-File)
FILE - In this Nov. 9, 1968 file photo, Southern California's O.J. Simpson (32) runs against California during a college football game in Los Angeles. Simpson won the Heisman Trophy at Southern California in 1968. Simpson will have a lot going for him when he asks state parole board members Thursday, July 20, 2017, to release him after serving more than eight years for an ill-fated bid to retrieve sports memorabilia. A Nevada prison official said early Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, O.J. Simpson, the former football legend and Hollywood star, has been released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for armed robbery. (AP Photo/HF, File)
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 into the sports shrine, on August 2, 1985. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
FILE - In this Aug. 1, 1978. file photo, O.J. Simpson of the San Francisco 49ers is shown on the field drinking water in San Francisco. O.J. Simpson's release from a Nevada prison turns another page in one of the most dramatic falls from grace in American pop culture history. A beloved college and pro football hero in the 1960s and '70s, Simpson went on to become a movie star, sports commentator and TV pitchman in the years before the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles. A Nevada prison official said early Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, O.J. Simpson, the former football legend and Hollywood star, has been released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for armed robbery. (AP Photo, File)
Peter Fonda, left the original "Easy Rider," sits atop a Harley Davidson motorcycle with O.J. Simpson at the opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York City, Oct. 19, 1993. (AP Photo/ Paul Hurschmann)
FILE - In this Dec. 16, 1979 file photo, San Francisco 49ers running back O.J. Simpson is escorted from the field by police after the final NFL football game of his career against in the Atlanta Falcons at Atlanta Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Ga. Simpson retired from football after the 1979 season, later being inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and beginning careers in acting and football broadcasting. A Nevada prison official said early Sunday, Oct. 1, 2017, O.J. Simpson, the former football legend and Hollywood star, has been released from a Nevada prison in Lovelock after serving nine years for armed robbery. (AP Photo, File)
O.J. Simpson, left, holding his wedge and his putter, walks on the green while talking with an unidentified partner on the Club Meadows Course at the Bay Point Yacht and Country Club in Panama City Beach, Fl. Wednesday afternoon Oct. 18, 1995.(AP Photo/Andrew Innerarity)
FILE - In this May 15, 2013, file photo, O.J. Simpson returns to the witness stand to testify after a break during an evidentiary hearing in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas. Simpson has a July 20 parole hearing that could have him released from a Nevada prison on Oct. 1, a state parole official said Tuesday, June 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, Pool, File)
It's OK for fans to have fond memories of O.J. Simpson's playing career while also lamenting his off-the-field behavior.