It’s been more than a quarter of a century since the infamous white Bronco chase involving former Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson. But the former Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers star obviously wasn’t the only person in the Bronco that day. Longtime friend and former teammate Al Cowlings was the wheelman on June 17, 1994, as the two led authorities on a two-hour, low-speed chase through Southern California as 95 million people sat glued to their televisions.
While acquitted of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and 25-year-old Ron Goldman in the subsequent trial, it’s common knowledge that O.J. Simpson later served nearly nine years in prison stemming from charges in a Las Vegas robbery. But what happened to Al Cowlings?