Former Buffalo Bills running back O.J. Simpson will not be honored at the team’s new stadium.
Simpson, who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in one of the most high-profile trials of the 20th century, had been prominently featured on the team’s Wall of Fame at their old stadium.
The team’s new Highmark Stadium opened Tuesday with a “Family Circle” area that honors legendary players. Simpson, who died aged 76 in April 2024 from prostate cancer, will not be included in the area, ESPN first reported.
“We have made an organizational decision that he is not a fit to display inside our new stadium and family circle,” Bills president of business operations Pete Guelli said in a statement Saturday. The ***** e will serve as a gathering place and feature the team’s three bison statues.
Though Simpson set numerous team records and was the first member inducted into the old stadium’s Wall of Fame. But his reputation was beyond repair after he was charged in the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife and her friend in 1994.
Simpson, who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman in one of the most high-profile trials of the 20th century, had been prominently featured on the team’s Wall of Fame at their old stadium.
The team’s new Highmark Stadium opened Tuesday with a “Family Circle” area that honors legendary players. Simpson, who died aged 76 in April 2024 from prostate cancer, will not be included in the area, ESPN first reported.
“We have made an organizational decision that he is not a fit to display inside our new stadium and family circle,” Bills president of business operations Pete Guelli said in a statement Saturday. The ***** e will serve as a gathering place and feature the team’s three bison statues.
Though Simpson set numerous team records and was the first member inducted into the old stadium’s Wall of Fame. But his reputation was beyond repair after he was charged in the stabbing deaths of his ex-wife and her friend in 1994.
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