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SPORTSCENTURY: FIFTY GREATEST ATHLETES: #49: O.J. SIMPSON (TV)
Summary
One in this yearlong series of sports documentary programs that count down the twentieth century's top fifty athletes as chosen by an elite group of sports experts and journalists. Hosted by Dan Patrick, each program consists of an in-depth profile of an athlete, along with comments from sports personalities and writers. This program examines athlete number forty-nine, football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson. It goes from his college days through his breakthroughs in the world of advertising. Commentators include Jim Brown, Joe Namath, biographer Larry Fox, Willie Mays, Dick Enberg, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jim Brown, Dick Schaap, Bob Costas, and Bryant Gumbel. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: ESPN
- DATE: January 29, 1999 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:24:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:57340
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries; Sports
- SUBJECT HEADING: Athletes, African-American; Football; Sports; African-American Collection - Sports
- SERIES RUN: ESPN - TV series, 1999
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Dan Patrick … Host, Narrator
- Abdul-Jabaar, Kareem (See also: Lew Alcindor)
- Jim Brown
- Bob Costas
- Dick Enberg
- Larry Fox
- Bryant Gumbel
- Willie Mays
- Joe Namath
- Dick Schaap
- Simpson, O.J. (Orenthal James Simpson)