O.J. Simpson, who has died following a "battle with cancer," according to his family, was a Hall of Fame football player before being swept up in a murder trial that captivated the nation.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, ... he enrolled at City College of San Francisco for a year and a half before transferring to the University of Southern California for the spring 1967 semester.

O.J. Simpson timeline: ... 1965: Simpson graduates from Galileo High School in San Francisco, where he plays football, and enrolls at City College of San Francisco, where he also plays football.

LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson, ... After graduating from high school, he enrolled at City College of San Francisco for a year and a half before transferring to USC for the spring 1967 semester.

Simpson transfers to the University of Southern California from City College of San Francisco to play running back for head coach John McKay. Simpson leads the nation in rushing in both 1967 and 1968.

University of Southern California runningback O.J. Simpson (32)runs against Notre Dame Notre Dame in the first half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, ind., Oct. 14, 1967. and picks ...

O.J. Simpson, the former football star, ... (32) runs against California during a college football game in Los Angeles. Simpson won the Heisman Trophy at Southern California in 1968.

Now, O.J.: Made in America, a new documentary over seven hours in total, debuting in theaters on May 20 ahead of its five-part run on ABC and ESPN starting on June 11, digs deeper into Simpson’s ...

O.J. Simpson, the decorated ... he enrolled at City College of San Francisco for a year and a half before transferring to the University of Southern California for the spring 1967 semester.

O.J. Simpson sits at his arraignment in Los Angeles Superior Court on July 22, ... My college friends and I had made similar assessment while obsessively following the trial from Ohio.

O.J. Simpson, the legendary college and NFL running back, Hollywood actor, broadcaster and pitchman who was acquitted of murdering his ex-wife and her friend in 1994, ...

FILE – O.J. Simpson stands as he listens to Municipal Judge Kathleen Kennedy-Powell as she reads her decision to hold him over for trial on July 8, 1994, in connection with the June 12 slayings ...