May 21, 2019
Bills issue No. 32 for 1st time since O.J.
Running back Senorise Perry is wearing No. 32 for the Buffalo Bills at off-season workouts, the first time the Bills have issued the number since O.J. Simpson wore it in the 1970s.
TSN.ca Staff
Running back Senorise Perry is wearing No. 32 for the Buffalo Bills at off-season workouts, the first time the Bills have issued the number since O.J. Simpson wore it in the 1970s.
The Bills have officially retired three numbers - Jim Kelly's No. 12, Bruce Smith's No. 78, and Thurman Thomas' No. 34 - but Simpson's No. 32 was never retired after his double-murder trial in 1995. Simpson was not convicted but later found liable in a civil suit.
“Whatever they do is fine with me,” Simpson told The Athletic's Tim Graham. “That’s how I feel. When I played there, I tried to honour the team. Since I left, I always tried to honour the Bills.
“I thought it was retired,” Perry told The Athletic, “but then I was told it was available. Boom, I took it."