DATE OF IMAGE: 1992 PRINT DATE: 1994 ORIGINAL or DUPLICATE: Original Film TEAM: Buffalo Bills SUBJECT: APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm standard slide mount NUMBER OF SLIDES: 1 COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is an original color transparency (film) which, like original negatives, can be used to produce high-quality prints (and unlike negatives, can be viewed and enjoyed with the naked eye, without having to use software to invert the image). See scan for further details. This is one of a large accumulation of vintage sports photographs, slides and negatives that we will be listing over the coming months. Wear these, if any, is mostly confined to minor corner and edge wear, but see scans for further details including condition. We do not deal stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends. BIO: Orenthal James Simpson (O.J., The Juice) was born in 1947. OJ Simpson was a running back, the American Football League's Buffalo Bills' first overall pick in the 1969 Common Draft, and the first professional football player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season, a mark he set in 1973. Simpson played for the Buffalo Bills from 1969 to 1977, and the San Francisco 49ers from 1978 to 1979, was a 6-time Pro Bowler and 5-time First-Team All-Pro, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985. While five other players have passed the 2,000 rush yard mark he stands alone as the only player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a fourteen-game season. He holds the record for the single season yards-per-game average, which stands at 143.1 ypg. He also had a successful career in acting and sports commentary. In 1995, Simpson was acquitted of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman after a lengthy, internationally publicized criminal trial – the People v. Simpson. In 1997 a civil court awarded a judgment against Simpson for their wrongful deaths; to date he has paid little of the $33.5 million penalty. His book, If I Did It (2006), which purports to be a first-person fictional account of the murders had he actually committed them, was withdrawn by the publisher just before its release. The book was later released by the Goldman family. In September 2007, Simpson was arrested in Las Vegas, Nevada, and charged with numerous felonies, including armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2008, he was found guilty and sentenced to thirty-three years' imprisonment, with a minimum of nine years without parole. SKU: LCB02729
Item: LCB02729
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