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Al Cowlings
Date of birth	June 16 1947
Place of birth	San Francisco, California
Position(s)	DT
College	Southern California
NFL Draft	1970 / Round 1 / Pick 5
Statistics	DatabaseFootball
Team(s)
1970-1972 1973-1974 1975, 1977 1976 1978-1979	Buffalo Bills Houston Oilers Los Angeles Rams Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers

Al Cowlings (born June 16 1947 in San Francisco, California) first gained fame as an American football player, but is now probably better 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 strange low-speed chase by police on Los Angeles freeways. The chase was televised on live TV from helicopter cameras, and it is estimated 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 was also a bodyguard and chauffeur of Joey Ippolito, a drug smuggler. In 1995, Tracey Alice Hill, alias Amanda Armstrong, was caught by police with a suitcase filled with 40 pounds of cocaine. Police found a container of pills in her purse prescribed to Al Cowlings. Hill's computer address book listed the phone numbers of both Cowlings and O.J. Simpson. ACCowlings (his stage name) was the answer to the clue "Very cool 1970's N.F.L.er?" in the New York Times Crossword on September 20, 2006.