Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1899-1989. The one-time USC star had retired from the NFL after the 1979 season, but he was still in the public spotlight as a broadcaster. Jogging with Simpson (left) is Nicole Brown, who would become his second wife in 1985. A decade later, Simpson would be accused of murdering Brown and her friend Ron Goldman in Brentwood. It took a chain of 4,200 runners--running one-kilometer segments over 82 days--to deliver the Olympic torch across the U.S. to Los Angeles. Just days before the Opening Ceremonies at the Coliseum, O.J. Simpson carried the torch in Santa Monica. Runners are shown on the California Incline, connecting Ocean Avenue to the Pacific Coast Highway. Photograph dated July 22, 1984.
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