Running back, USC, 1967–68
O.J. Simpson
- Born
- Jul 9, 1947, in San Francisco, California
- Died
- Apr 10, 2024, in Las Vegas, Nevada
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O.J. Simpson played running back at USC (1967–68). He won the 1968 Heisman Trophy, the 1967 and 1968 Walter Camp Awards and the 1968 Maxwell Award. He was a consensus All‑American in 1967 and 1968. The Buffalo Bills took Simpson first overall in the 1969 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.
At a glance
Honors
- 1968Heisman Trophy
- Inducted 1983College Football Hall of Fame
- Inducted 1985Pro Football Hall of Fame
- 1967, 1968Walter Camp Award
- 1967, 1968UPI College Football Player of the Year
- 1967, 1968Consensus All‑American
- 1967, 1968First-team All-Pac-8
- 1967, 1968National leader in rushing yards
- 1967Second in the Heisman vote
- 1968Maxwell Award
- 1968Chic Harley Award
- 1968Sporting News College Football Player of the Year
- 1968National leader in rushing touchdowns (23)
Team titles: National champions, 1967; AAWU champions, 1967; Pac-8 champions, 1968
Regional honors: Pop Warner Trophy 1968; W. J. Voit Memorial Trophy 1968
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
In the NFL
Pro Bowls: 5 (1972–76) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 5 (1972–76)
All-Pro teams: AP first team 1972–76; Pro Football Writers first team 1972–76; NEA first team 1972–76; Pro Football Weekly first team 1973–76.
Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | AFL | Buffalo Bills |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
Films and books
On film
Films: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia’s lists and categories (CC BY-SA). Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.
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