So where is O.J. Simpson’s 1968 Heisman Trophy?

The ESPN five-part documentary “O.J.: Made in America” analyzes in stunning detail every aspect of Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson’s life and his murder trial, as you’d expect from a film that long.

But there was one loose end after the end of the fifth episode: Where is Simpson’s Heisman Trophy, the most famous/infamous individual trophy in sports? The fifth episode shows his former agent Mike Gilbert in the mid-90s taking Simpson’s 1968 Heisman Trophy from his house. Gilbert took the trophy before it could be taken by authorities as part of the civil verdict that found Simpson liable for the deaths of Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman.

O.J. Simpson with his 1968 Heisman Trophy (AP) “It wasn’t given to me. I basically just took it,” Gilbert says in the documentary. “I had an arrangement with Mr. Simpson where he would pay me ‘X’ amount of money or I could take it out in memorabilia. So I took the Heisman and a few other items.”

The documentary doesn’t answer what happened to the trophy after that. But it took a crazy route from Gilbert to a safety deposit box in Philadelphia, its last known location.

In 2013, Washington Post reporter Kent Babb did a fascinating series on the whereabouts of every Heisman Trophy. In 1999, Tom Kriessman bought the trophy for $255,500 at an auction. The trophy was auctioned to help satisfy the $33.5 million judgment against Simpson in the civil case. Kriessman said at a press conference that he bought the trophy to impress his girlfriend.

Babb reported that a more mature Kriessman now keeps the Heisman in a safety deposit box. It has become such an afterthought that Babb wrote “many of his closest friends have no idea he owns one of the most infamous trophies in American sports history.”

There were rumors that Simpson’s Heisman was melted down, or was sold off in pieces, but Babb wrote that’s not true. The tale of Simpson’s Heisman became even more confusing because USC’s copy of Simpson’s Heisman (there are two copies of the award, one goes to the player and one goes to the school) was stolen in 1994. It was recovered in December of 2014 after a man named Lewis Starks tried to sell it. Starks was charged with receiving stolen property.

But Simpson’s actual Heisman is apparently still with Kriessman, who did not return a message left at his steel company in Pennsylvania.

Tom Kriessman with O.J. Simpson's Heisman Trophy that he bought at the Butterfield and Butterfield auction house on Feb. 18, 1999 (AP) The trophy didn’t just go straight from Simpson to Kriessman to a safety deposit box, however. As shown in the documentary, Gilbert had it for a while. Gilbert has plenty of other O.J. artifacts, including the famous white Bronco driven during the slow-speed chase in 1994. The Bronco is in his garage in Hanford, Calif, Observer.com reported (Simpson’s belief that some of his memorabilia had been stolen led to an incident in Las Vegas that ended up with Simpson being convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery).

Gilbert fought to keep Simpson’s Heisman, even going to court over it. He turned over the trophy, but with the nameplate removed. Gilbert said he would go to jail rather than give the nameplate to the Goldman family. Later, he gave up the nameplate after a court ordered it.

That led to the auction of the trophy, which was won by Kriessman.

Every other part of the Simpson trial and his life still fascinates the public, but his most famous trophy is reportedly stowed away and living a quiet, boring life.

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