Al Cowlings
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| Al Cowlings | |
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| Date of birth: | June 16, 1947 |
| Place of birth: |  San Francisco, California |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Defensive tackle |
| Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight: | 247 lb (112 kg) |
| College: | Southern California |
| NFL Draft: | 1970 / Round: 1 / Pick: 5 |
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| As player: | |
| 1970-1972 1973-1974 1975, 1977 1976 1978-1979 |
Buffalo Bills Houston Oilers Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers |
| Stats at DatabaseFootball.com | |
Allen G. Cowlings (born June 16, 1947 in San Francisco, California) first gained fame as an American football player, but is also known for his role in the saga of O.J. Simpson's murder trial. He played in the NFL between 1970 and 1979 for the Buffalo Bills, Houston Oilers, Los Angeles Rams, Seattle Seahawks, and San Francisco 49ers.
Cowlings and Simpson were teammates at Galileo High School, San Francisco City College, USC and the Buffalo Bills; they eventually became close friends and confidantes. Cowlings is most famous for his role in Simpson's capture on June 17, 1994, after a low-speed chase by police on Los Angeles freeways, several days after the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman several hours before. Cowlings claims that Simpson pointed a gun to Cowlings' head, forcing him to take part in Simpson's flight from the police. The chase was televised on live TV from helicopter cameras, and it is estimated it was viewed by approximately 90 million people in the U.S. alone. Cowlings was the driver, Simpson his passenger, in the now-infamous 1993 white Ford Bronco. The chase ended at Simpson's mansion in Brentwood, where he then surrendered to police. Cowlings is further known from the episode of Family Guy, when Peter Griffin is telling the story of the Griffin family history, where the writers used a play on words when Al Cowlings was assisting the escape of the black Griffins on his white bronco horse.[who?]
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