Lee Roy Selmon
| Lee Roy Selmon | |
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Positions: DT / DE |
Jersey number (s): 63 |
| born October 20, 1954 in Eufaula , Oklahoma | |
| died on September 4, 2011 in Tampa , Florida | |
| Career information | |
| Active : 1976 - 1984 | |
| NFL Draft : 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st | |
| College : University of Oklahoma | |
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| Career statistics | |
| Games | 121 |
| as a starter | 117 |
| Touchdowns | 1 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
| Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Lee Roy Selmon (* 20th October 1954 in Eufaula , Oklahoma , † 4. September 2011 in Tampa , Florida ) was an American American football player in the National Football League . He played as a defensive tackle and defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers .
youth
Lee Roy Selmon was born to Jessie and Lucious Selmon Sr. in Eufaula, Oklahoma. He grew up on a farm with his eight siblings. He attended high school in his hometown and graduated from there in 1971.
Player career
College career
Lee Roy Selmon studied from 1972 to 1975 at the University of Oklahoma , where he played with the Oklahoma Sooners as a defensive tackle. His two brothers Dewey and Lucious Selmon played for the team from Oklahoma at times . In 1973 Barry Switzer took over the position of head coach . A year later, the Sooners won all 11 regular season games . The college team was then declared national champions . In 1975 the Sooners lost one of twelve games and won the Orange Bowl 14: 6 against the University of Michigan . Selmon was voted All-American in both 1974 and 1975 . In 1975 he was also awarded the Outland Trophy for the best defensive line player or offensive line player of the season and the Lombardi Award .
Professional career
In 1976 , Lee Roy Selmon was drafted first in the first round by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Eagles . 1976 was the Buccaneers' first year of play in the National Football League (NFL). The team under head coach John McKay lost all 14 games this year. However, for Ron Wolf , the general manager of the Buccaneers at the time, Selmon's draft was in retrospect the best draft pick of his career. It was only after twelve more defeats that Selmon and his team were able to make a game victorious for the first time in 1977 . The Buccaneers prevailed against the New Orleans Saints with 33:14 on the penultimate game day . In the 1979 season , the team around Selmon and quarterback Doug Williams won ten of 16 games in the regular season . In the following divisional play-off game, the Philadelphia Eagles could be defeated 24:17. Selmon the opposing quarterback was in the game Ron Jaworski twice Floor bring. The subsequent NFC Championship Game against the Los Angeles Rams was lost 9-0. After nine wins from 16 games, Selmon was able to move into the play-offs again in 1981 with the Florida team . In the divisional play-off game against the Dallas Cowboys Selmon managed to bring down the quarterback of the Cowboys Danny White behind the line of scrimmage , but could not prevent the clear 38-0 defeat of his team. In 1982 the Buccaneers failed after five wins and four defeats during the regular season in the wildcard game again with 30:17 at the Dallas Cowboys. Selmon also managed a sack in this game. After the 1984 season, Lee Roy Selmon ended his career.
After the playing career
After his career, Lee Roy Selmon worked in a bank and later opened his own restaurant chain Lee 63 Roy Selmon’s . From 1993 he was the assistant sports director at the University of South Florida . In 2001 he finally took over the office of sports director. Selmon was socially committed. He was married and had three children. Lee Roy Selmon died of a stroke in 2011. He is buried in Trice Hill Cemetery , Oklahoma City .
Honors
Lee Roy Selmon was voted All Pro five times and played six times in the Pro Bowl , the final game of the best players of the season. He is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame , College Football Hall of Fame , NFL 1980s All-Decade Team , Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame, and is at Raymond James Stadium , home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Buccaneer's Ring of Fame immortalized. In addition, the Buccaneers have blocked his jersey number. In 1979 he was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year for his athletic performance . The state of Florida named a freeway and the University of South Florida named a gym after him when he stepped down as director of sports in 2004.
Web links
- Lee Roy Selmon in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Lee Roy Selmon at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Lee Roy Selmon in the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
- Lee Roy Selmon restaurant chain
- Obituary in the New York Times
- Obituary on ESPN
- College Statistics by Lee Roy Selmon
- Lee Roy Selmon with the Oklahoma Sooners
- Obituary on the University of South Florida website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976
- ↑ Doug Farrar: Ron Wolf talks Al Davis, Brett Favre and his Hall of Fame football life. Sports Illustrated , November 13, 2015, accessed on January 14, 2018 : "Without a doubt, throughout my career, the best player I ever drafted was Lee Roy Selmon."
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1977
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1979
- ↑ Statistics Divisional play-off game Tampa Bay Buccaneers versus Philadelphia Eagles 1979
- ↑ Statistics NFC Championship Game 1979
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1981
- ↑ Statistics Divisional Play-off Game Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Dallas Cowboys 1981
- ↑ Annual Statistics of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1982
- ↑ Statistics wildcard game Dallas Cowboys versus Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1982
- ↑ Lee Roy Selmon Expressway ( Memento from October 20, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Lee Roy Selmon Athletics Center
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Selmon, Lee Roy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 20, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Eufaula , Oklahoma |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 2011 |
| Place of death | Tampa , Florida |