Born in 1947 in San Francisco, California, Simpson was a son of Eunice (née Durden), an orderly at a psychiatric ward, and Jimmy Lee Simpson, a custodian for a Federal Reserve Bank and a private club and a cook. His … See more

1960s and 1970s
Simpson began acting while at USC and appeared on Dragnet in an uncredited role as a potential recruit … See more

Chuck Barnes helped Simpson form business relationships with Chevrolet and ABC early in his football career. By 1971, the magazine See more

Although Simpson was an All-City football player at Galileo, his mediocre high-school grades prevented him from attracting the interest of many college recruiters. After a childhood friend's … See more

Buffalo Bills
The first selection in the 1969 NFL/AFL draft was held by the AFL's Buffalo Bills, after finishing … See more

Simpson worked as an NFL analyst on NBC from 1978 to 1982. He joined ABC's Monday Night Football crew in 1983, becoming the first … See more

1967–1994: Marriages with Marguerite Whitley and Nicole Brown
On June 24, 1967, Simpson married Marguerite L. … See more