Orenthal James Simpson was born on July 9, 1947, in San Francisco, California USA and is a former American Football running back, but is best known to the world as the prime suspect for the `Trial of the century` or the `O.J Simpson Murder Case`, for killing his former wife and her friend.
Have you ever wondered how rich O.J Simpson is, as late of 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Simpson’s net worth is $3 Million, which he receives from the pension.
O.J Simpson Net Worth $3 Million
Orenthal James Simpson is the son of Eunice and Jimmy Lee Simpson, who was a chef and a custodian. His father was a well-known drag queen and later came out as gay. His mother in Potrero Hill district brought him up along with his one brother and two sisters. In his teens, he joined a gang called Persian Warriors.
He went to Galileo High School and played for their team called Galileo Lions for a short time. After high school. O.J. attended City College of San Francisco for a year and played in their football team. More than fifty colleges wanted to recruit him and he selected ‘University of Southern California’ and he attended the college on athletic scholarship and played running back. He received the Heisman Trophy, the Walter Camp Award and Maxwell Award in 1968.
His career started after the Buffalo Bills drafted him as the first pick overall in 1969. He was nicknamed as ‘the juice’ and the sports magazine named him Man of the Year. In his rookie season, Simpson scored two rushing touchdowns, and three as a receiver, which earned him a place in the AFL All-Star. He remained with the Bills until 1977, during which time he posted a number of records, and won numerous accolades. He became the first player ever to cover over 2000 yards in a season in 1973. Because of his amazing performance during the same year, he was given as the title of NFL MVP and Offensive Player of the Year. The highlights of his career include winning 4 NFL Rushing titles and Named All-Pro between 1972-1976. He received the title of NFL Rushing touchdown leader in 1973 and 1975. In 1977, he suffered an injury and his season was cut short. He played for ‘San Francisco 49ers’ after being traded by the ‘Buffalo Bills’. He was receiving the salary of $ 806,688 when he retired in 1979 due to a damaged knee and was the highest paid football player of that time. He also tried his skills as a commentator of ‘The NFL on NBC’ and ‘Monday Night Football’. His endorsement deals included working with products such as ‘Pioneer Chicken’, ‘Hertz’ rental Car Company and ‘Honey-Baked Ham’ as well as a $250,000 deal of three years with Chevrolet. All of these deals added a considerable amount to O.J.’s net worth.
Following his retirement, he focused on acting, and had several notable appearances such as Nordberg in “The Naked Gun” film franchise, while in 1992 he was Det. Nick Murphy in the film “CIA Code Name: Alexa”, and Allie Wheeler in the film “No Place To Hide”, also in 1992, which also contributed to his wealth.
Regarding his personal life, on June 24, 1967, Simpson married Marguerite L. Whitley. They had three children together. In 1979, he met Nicole Brown and he started dating her while still being married. He divorced Marguerite and married Nicole on February 2, 1985. This marriage lasted seven years and they had two kids together. On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were found murdered in Nicole’s house and Simpson was the prime suspect. On June 17, he was involved in a low-speed pursuit, which was broadcasted on many TV stations. This pursuit, arrest, and trial were one of the most famous and known incidents of the American history. On October 3, 1995, the jury gave the verdict of ‘not guilty’ for the two murders. A poll was conducted on this in 2016, and according to that 83% of white Americans and 57% of black Americans believe Simpson was guilty of the murder trails.
However, since then, Simpson faced other legal problems and eventually spent nine years in prison on charges of armed robbery and kidnapping, after he and several of his collaborators entered a room at the Palace Station hotel-casino and with them took sports memorabilia and threatened people with guns.
Pro Bowl (1972–1976), NFL Most Valuable Player (1973), Bert Bell Award (1973), Associated Press Athlete of the Year (1973), AFC Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975), NFL rushing yards leader (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976), AFL All-Star (1969), National champion (1967), Maxwell Award, Heisman Trophy (19...
Nominations
NFL Draft: 1969/Round: 1/Pick: 1, Associated Press Athlete of the Year (1973), NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1973), First-team All-Pro (1972–1976), First-team All-Pro (1972–1976), AFC Player of the Year (1972, 1973, 1975), NFL rushing yards leader (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976)
Movies
The Klansman (1974), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Cassandra Crossing (1976), Roots (1977-), Capricorn One (1978), Back to the Beach (1987), The Naked Gun (1981, 1990, 1994), The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
TV Shows
O.J.: Made in America (2016), Goldie and the Boxer (1979, 1981), Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983), 1st & Ten (1985–1991), Roots (1977), Monday Night Football, The NFL (NBC), Saturday Night Live
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[about the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman] I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.
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[about the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman] I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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[upon being told that his children had been taken out of his house to a police station] What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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[on talking about his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson to his children] It will come up in conversations where it's in a part of the conversation. Or we may be somewhere and I would tell some story about their mother and I. You know, we always honor her birthday.
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I'm enjoying the money, the big house, the cars; what ghetto kid wouldn't?
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I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
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I had one fight in my adult life. I had the famous '89 fight with [Nicole Brown Simpson] which she admits that she initiated the physical part.
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I think I've been a great citizen.
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I tend to watch a little TV . . . Court TV, once in a while. Some of the cases I get interested in.
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[about allegations that he had beaten his wife Nicole Brown Simpson on at least one occasion] I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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My NFL pension can barely pay my son's tuition. You know, it's very little money.
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[upon being told that his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson was dead] Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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Money takes wings. The only thing that endures is character.
If there wasn't no fight, there wasn't no weekend.
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[1970s, interview with Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service about his acting career] Obviously, I'm not Dustin Hoffman. I have to play an athletic type, just as Woody Allen has to play a wimp type. No matter how many acting lessons I took, the public just wouldn't buy me as Othello.
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[1995, on his acquittal] When things have settled down a bit I will pursue as my primary goal in life the killer or killers who slaughtered [Nicole Brown Simpson] and [Ron Goldman].
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[1975, in Playboy magazine] The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making any excuses, that's the day you start to the top.
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[1998, in Esquire Magazine] Let's say I committed this crime . . . even if I did do this, it would have been because I loved her very much, right?
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In 2003 he was residing outside Miami, Florida.
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Serving a 33-year sentence in Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, NV, for a robbery and kidnapping committed in Las Vegas. [2009]
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Inducted into the California Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 (inaugural class).
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Appears briefly as an extra in "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn".
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Multiple attempts at a Hollywood comeback yielded no offers.
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In November 2006 publisher Judith Regan arranged for Simpson to write a hypothetical confession to the Nicole Brown Simpson / Ron Goldman murders. The book, "If I Did It", attracted so much negative publicity that it was quickly canceled.
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A Las Vegas (NV) jury convicted him of armed robbery and kidnapping in 2008, 13 years to the day after he was acquitted of killing ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
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In an interview with Michael Kay on "CenterStage", Kevin Costner cited Simpson as his favorite athlete, calling him the greatest football player he ever saw.
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Inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Under terms of their divorce, Marguerite Simpson received a $500,000 trust fund for herself and her two children. In addition, she received $600,000 to purchase a new home and 50% of his deferred income from his pro-football employment contracts. They also divided $3 million in community property.
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The second professional athlete to host Saturday Night Live (1975) (February 25, 1978). He was the only former host not invited to attend the show's 25th Anniversary Special.
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The first pro football player to grace the cover of "Rolling Stone" (September 8, 1977).
A Hungarian metal band ('Húsdaráló Project') wrote a song about him.
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At the height of his football fame, polls indicated he was one of the top three most recognized faces in North America.
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Howard Stern's book "Miss America" was originally titled "Getting Away With Murder" and had a photo of O.J. and Stern (taken at Donald Trump's wedding) on the cover.
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During his 1998 guest appearance on The Ruby Wax Show (1997), he pretended to stab host Ruby Wax with a banana while mimicking the theme music from Psycho (1960).
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Tied for 30th with Herschel Walker on NFL All-Time Rushing Touchdowns List (61).
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Ranks 21st on NFL All-Time Rushing Average List (4.674).
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Ranks 14th on NFL All-Time Rushing Yardage List (11,236).
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Ranks 16th on NFL All-Time Rushing Attempts List (2,404).
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Was considered for the title role in The Terminator (1984), but producers feared he was "too nice" to be taken seriously as a cold-blooded killer.
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Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
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Running back for the Buffalo Bills (1969-77) and San Francisco 49ers (1978-79).
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When he retired in 1979 he held the following NFL records: rushing yards in a season with 2,003 (since broken by Eric Dickerson), and touchdowns in a season with 23 (since broken by John Riggins in 1983).
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Won the Heisman Trophy in 1968 as a halfback for the University of Southern California.
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Was working on a TV movie entitled Frogmen (1994) shortly before the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. It was reportedly designed to be a pilot for a proposed series, but has never aired.
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Was in a street gang called The Persian Kings c. 1954.
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Children by second wife Nicole Brown Simpson: Sydney Brooke Simpson (born 17 October 1985), Justin Ryan Simpson (born 6 August 1988).
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Children by first wife, Marguerite L. Whitley: Arnelle L. Simpson (born 4 December 1968) Jason L. Simpson (born 21 April 1970) Aaren Lashone Simpson (24 September 1977 - 26 August 1979) (drowned in family swimming pool)
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(2/4/97) Held liable for the deaths of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman by a jury in a civil suit. A few days later, the jury awarded compensatory damages to the Goldmans in the amount of $8.5 million, and punitive damages in the amount of a further $25 million.
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Football player turned actor/sportscaster
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Charged and tried for the murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in June 1994. In November 1995 he was found not guilty after 1-1/2 years of confinement.
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A computer game (from Banana Productions) entitled "O.J.'s All- American Race to Acquittal" debuted in January 1995, and reveals among other things that O.J.'s full name, Orenthal James Simpson, is an anagram of "O.J. on simple harassment.".