O.J. Simpson
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USC’s second Heisman Trophy winner (1968), winning the award by the most onesided margin in history...USC’s first 2-time unanimous All-American (1967-68)...1967-68 letterman...USC was 19-2-1 in his career and won 2 conference titles...Was a member of USC’s 1967 national championship team (the 1968 team was ranked fourth in the final AP poll)...Played in 2 Rose Bowls (1968 and 1969), scoring 3 touchdowns overall and being named Rose Bowl Player of the Game in 1968...USC’s co-captain in 1968...Equaled or bettered 19 NCAA, conference and USC records in his career (including then-NCAA-record 1709 rushing yards in 1968)...Inducted into the National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame in 1983...Won the Walter Camp Award (national player of the year) in 1967 and 1968...Won the 1968 Maxwell Award (nation’s top player)...Won the 1968 Voit Trophy (given to the outstanding player on the Pacific Coast)...Won the 1968 Pop Warner Award (given to the most valuable senior on the Pacific Coast)...Was runnerup in 1967 Heisman Trophy voting...Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1993...Named the Amateur Athletic Foundation Southern California Athlete of the Year in 1967...A 2-time All-Conference first teamer (1967-68)...Won USC’s MVP Award twice (1967-68)...Won USC’s Back of the Year Award twice (1967-68)...Won USC’s Player of the Game versus UCLA Award twice (1967-68)...Played in the 1969 Hula Bowl...Was a 1968 Playboy Pre-Season All-American...Had 17 100-yard rushing games in his career...His 64-yard game-winning TD run in the fourth quarter of the 1967 UCLA game (giving USC a Rose Bowl berth and the national championship) is one of the most famous runs in college football history...NCAA’s rushing leader in 1967 (1543 yards, eighth most in USC history) and 1968 (1880 yards, fourth most in USC history)...NCAA’s all-purpose running leader in 1967 (1700 yards) and 1968 (1966 yards)...USC’s total offense leader in 1967 (1576 yards) and 1968 (1895 yards)...Conference’s scoring leader in 1967 (78 points) and 1968 (138 points)...USC’s receiving leader in 1968 (26 catches)...USC’s kickoff return leader in 1967 (204 yards)...Is fifth on USC’s career rushing list (3423 yards)...Is 15th on USC’s career total offense list (3471 yards).
Was chosen by the Bills as the No. 1 pick of the 1969 NFL draft and played for the Bills (1969-77) and 49ers (1978-79)...Set the NFL season rushing record of 2003 yards in 1973 and finished his career as the NFL’s second leading career rusher...Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985...Inducted into USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994.
Nickname was "Juice"...Also ran track at USC (1967-68) and ran a leg on Troy’s world record-setting 440-yard relay team in 1967 (USC won the NCAA team title in 1967 and 1968). Born 7-9-47 in San Francisco, California...After USC and NFL, became an actor and television sports commentator.
