Simpson’s exploits first came to attention at Galileo High School in San Francisco.
Long before he became an NFL legend and the most famous murder suspect in the United States — or even a boastful preteen who once told fellow legend Jim Brown, “I’m gonna break all your records” — O.J. Simpson was a toddler in the projects of San Francisco, with homemade leg braces and shoes worn on the opposite feet.
So his parents made some. And from there, the legend began. Those famous bow legs that developed from the braces turned Simpson into a Heisman Trophy winner and one of the greatest sprinters in the nation; as his athletic career peaked and began to fade in the NFL, he also became a movie actor and one of the top endorsement personalities of the 1970s and 80s.
Simpson’s football exploits first became noticeable when he attended Galileo High School in San Francisco, where he was selected All-City at running back. Yet even then, there were signs that the future might have dark clouds. “He always said, ‘One of these days, you’re going to read about me,'” Eunice Simpson said of her son on the day he went into the Hall of Fame in 1985, according to aSimpson graduated from Galileo in 1965, and attended City College of San Francisco for three semesters. Major colleges stayed away from him because of his grades and his reputation, he later said.
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