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. >> reporter: family friend timothy allen remembered him as a multi talented athlete at galileo high school, then later at san francisco city college. >> my mother called me and said, you need to get on and come over, because he is playing basketball here. he was a city college student at the time, but he was so famous. >> reporter: from city college, he was recruited he won the heisman trophy. as a buffalo bill, he was a star running back and nfl mvp. since the return to his hometown to round out his career with a san francisco 49ers and he became one of the first pro athletes to move into media and becoming a sports analyst, and starring in movies. >> nobody does it better. >> he was a really popular, well-known and well-liked figure for a lot of americans prior to the trial. i think that is why the murder trial caught people so offguard. >> reporter: after his acquittal in criminal court, he was found liable in civil court for singh to turn over most of his earnings to the victims families. he was tried and convicted in las vegas of armed robbery and serving nine years in prison.
. >> reporter: family friend timothy allen remembered him as a multi talented athlete at galileo high school, then later at san francisco city college. >> my mother called me and said, you need to get on and come over, because he is playing basketball here. he was a city college student at the time, but he was so famous. >> reporter: from city college, he was recruited he won the heisman trophy. as a buffalo bill, he was a star running back and nfl mvp. since the return to his...
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. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o. j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native of san francisco, and o. j. is maybe one of the most famous natives of san francisco of all times. i've known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o. j. is one that changed this country. it was at first the fairy tale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> right now i'm trying to make it. i came from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> i mean, it was tough. it was tough. life is tough. so when we say a tough community, i hope your viewers don't necessarily view that as because of the zip code necessarily. >> i feel if i make it, that would be a good example for other kids out there. >> you know, not out of wealth or opulence or with a silver spoon, but the belief if you apply yourself and work hard that you can become something great, and he did. >> reporter: and then there are the other chapt
. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o. j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native of san francisco, and o. j. is maybe one of the most famous natives of san francisco of all times. i've known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o. j. is one that changed this country. it was at first the fairy tale success of a young man famously from the city's...
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. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native san franciscan and o.j. is maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all times. i've known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that changed this country. it was at first the fairytale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> you might say this is what i'm trying to do now. right now i'm trying to make it. i came from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> it was tough. life is tough. when we say a tough community, i hope that your viewers don't necessarily view that it's because of its zip code necessarily. >> i feel if i make it, that would be a good example for other kids out there. >> you know, not out of wealth or opulence, not with a silver spoon, but in the belief if you apply yourself, if you work hard, that you can become something great and he did. >> repo
. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> i'm a native san franciscan and o.j. is maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all times. i've known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that changed this country. it was at first the fairytale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest...
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we had timothy allen simon on our 3:00 pm program called getting answers.ncisco attorney and friend of the simpson family. >> oj is not a tragic story that oj, yes, he may have had trouble. i don't know anybody that didn't. i know very few african american young men who do not have contact with law enforcement. that's the reality of our history, that someone as great as willie mays, san francisco's greatest athlete, greater than steph, greater than barry, took this young man under his wing and said, let me show you how to be a great athlete and a great man like me. that's a great story. this great childhood that this man had in this neighborhood that we call potrero hill. >> and simon says that whether or not he believes oj killed anyone is irrelevant to his legacy, saying that we operate in a society of law, not public opinion. >> all right. and dan noyes covered the end of the trial. we got to hear about that. >> we did, and i did as well. in fact, i was there the last two weeks of the trial when the verdict was read. and i can tell you it was just a surr
we had timothy allen simon on our 3:00 pm program called getting answers.ncisco attorney and friend of the simpson family. >> oj is not a tragic story that oj, yes, he may have had trouble. i don't know anybody that didn't. i know very few african american young men who do not have contact with law enforcement. that's the reality of our history, that someone as great as willie mays, san francisco's greatest athlete, greater than steph, greater than barry, took this young man under his...
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well, telling us more about oj's legacy, we had timothy allen simon on our 3 p.m. program called getting answers. he's a san francisco attorney and friend of the simpson family. >> oj is not a tragic story that oj. yes he may have had trouble. i don't know anybody that didn't. i know very few african american young men who do not have contact with law enforcement. that's the reality of our history, that someone as great as willie mays, san francisco's greatest athlete, greater than steph, greater than barry, took this young man under his wing and said, let me show you how to be a great athlete and a great man like me. that's a great story. this great childhood that this man had in this neighborhood that we call potrero hill. >> okay. and simon says that whether someone believes oj killed anyone is irrelevant to his legacy, saying that we operate in a society of law, not public opinion. for more on oj simpson's life and death, check out all of our coverage on abc seven news.com. >> for more san francisco businesses have filed a legal claim against the city over the
well, telling us more about oj's legacy, we had timothy allen simon on our 3 p.m. program called getting answers. he's a san francisco attorney and friend of the simpson family. >> oj is not a tragic story that oj. yes he may have had trouble. i don't know anybody that didn't. i know very few african american young men who do not have contact with law enforcement. that's the reality of our history, that someone as great as willie mays, san francisco's greatest athlete, greater than steph,...
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. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, i'm a native san franciscan. and, you know, o.j. is -- maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all-time. i have known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that has changed this country and it was at first the fairytale success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> you might say this is what i'm trying to do now. you know, right now, i'm trying to make it and i came from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> yeah, it was tough. it was tough. life is tough. so when we say a tough community, i hope that your viewers don't necessarily view that is because of its zip code necessarily. >> and i feel if i make it, that would be a good example for other kids out there. >> you know, not out of -- wealth or opulence. not with a silver spoon, but in the belief that if you apply yoursel
. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon, the letters o.j. are more than the san francisco sports hero who became notorious. he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, i'm a native san franciscan. and, you know, o.j. is -- maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all-time. i have known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that has changed this country and it was at first the fairytale success of a young man...
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. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters oj are more than the san francisco sports hero whonotorious he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, native san franciscan. and you know, oj is -- maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all-time. i have known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that has changed this country and it was at first the fairy team success of a young man famously from the city's poorest neighborhoods. >> you might say this is with i'm trying to do now. i come from a pretty rough neighborhood around here. >> yeah, it was tough. it was tough. life is tough. so when we say a tough community, i hope that your viewers don't necessarily view that is because of its zip code necessarily. >> i feel if i make it. that would be a good example for other kids out there. >> you know, not out of -- wealth or opulence. not with a silver spoon but in the belief if you apply yourself and you work hard, that you can become something great. and he did. >> reporter: then there are the other chapters of th
. >> reporter: for timothy allen simon the letters oj are more than the san francisco sports hero whonotorious he knew simpson from the time he was a child. >> well, native san franciscan. and you know, oj is -- maybe one of the most famous native san franciscans of all-time. i have known his family my entire life. >> reporter: he says the story of o.j. simpson is one that has changed this country and it was at first the fairy team success of a young man famously from the...