| Lee Roy Selmon | |
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| Position(s): Defensive end |
Jersey #(s): 63 |
| Born: October 20, 1954 Eufaula, Oklahoma |
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| Career Information | |
| Year(s): 1976–1984 | |
| NFL Draft: 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | |
| College: Oklahoma | |
| Professional Teams | |
| Career Stats | |
| Tackles | 742 |
| Sacks | 78. In American football, each team has 11 players on the field at one time Defensive end ( DE) is the name of a defensive position in the sport of American and Canadian football. In team Sports the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, or uniform number is the Number Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Eufaula is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. In an organised Sports league, a season is the portion of one Year in which regulated Games of the sport are in session The 1976 NFL season was the 57th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1984 NFL season was the 65th Regular season of the National Football League. The NFL Draft is an annual Sports draft in which NFL teams select newly-eligible players for their rosters The 1976 National Football League Draft was an annual player selection meeting held on April 8–April 9 1976 This is a List of Athletic Conferences of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa Florida. The 1976 NFL season was the 57th Regular season of the National Football League. The 1984 NFL season was the 65th Regular season of the National Football League. Most forms of Football have a move known as a tackle. In most cases this move is one that prevents an opposing player from carrying out what they intend In American football and Canadian football, the sack occurs when the Quarterback is tackled behind the Line of scrimmage before he 5 |
| Fumbles forced | 28. Fumblespng|300px|right|thumb|The rate of fumbles by running backs in the NFL has decreased steadily since the AFL-NFL merger. 5 |
| Stats at NFL.com | |
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| Pro Football Hall of Fame | |
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Lee Roy Selmon (born October 20, 1954 in Eufaula, Oklahoma) is a former NFL football defensive lineman. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The 1980 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on January 27, 1980 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii. The 1981 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 1, 1981 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii. The 1982 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on January 31, 1982 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii. The 1983 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on February 6, 1983 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii. The 1984 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on January 29, 1984 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii. The 1985 AFC-NFC Pro Bowl was played on January 27, 1985 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii. All-Pro is a term mostly used in the NFL for the best players of each position during that season The NFL 1980s All-Decade Team was chosen by voters of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award is given by the Associated Press to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every NFL season since In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States College football Interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best College football lineman or linebacker The Tampa Bay Buccaneers (often shortened as the Bucs) are a professional American football team based in Tampa Florida. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Eufaula is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with A defensive lineman is any of the down positions on the defensive side of Canadian and American football. He is the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon, raised on a farm at Eufaula, Oklahoma. Eufaula is a city in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. Selmon played college football for the University of Oklahoma Sooners from 1972 to 1975, winning both the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy in 1975. College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best College football lineman or linebacker The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States College football Interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America He served as the Athletics Director for the University of South Florida from 2001-2004. The University of South Florida ( USF) known within its system as USF Tampa, is a public research University system located in Tampa, Florida He is currently the president of the USF Foundation Partnership for Athletics, an athletic fund-raising organization.
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Early life
A National Honor Society member at Eufaula High School, Lee Roy graduated in 1971. Started in 1921 the National Honor Society, or NHS, is an organization whose intent is to recognize middle and high school students who show achievement in scholarship
College career
Lee Roy joined brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon on the University of Oklahoma defensive line in 1972. Lucious Selmon (born in Eufaula Oklahoma) is an American football Defensive lineman and coach Dewey Selmon (born November 19, 1953) is a former football player in the National Football League and the brother of Lee Roy Selmon He blossomed into a star in 1974, anchoring one of the best defenses in Sooner history. The Sooners were NCAA Division I-A national football champions in 1974 and 1975. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Selmon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy in 1975. The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best College football lineman or linebacker The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States College football Interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America OU Head Coach Barry Switzer called him the best player he ever coached, and College Football News placed him as the 39th best college player of all time. Barry Switzer (born October 5, 1937) is a former football coach in the college and professional ranks between 1962 and 1997 College Football News is a magazine and website published by College Football News Inc He was known as "The Gentle Giant. " In the Fall of 1999, Lee Roy was named to the Sports Illustrated NCAA Football All-Century Team as only one of six defensive tackles on the squad.
Selmon was named a consensus All-American in 1975 and also in 1974 by Newspaper Enterprise Association. His long list of achievements, in addition to the Vince Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy, includes the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American and Graduate Fellowship Winner National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame. The Rotary Lombardi Award is awarded annually to the best College football lineman or linebacker The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States College football Interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America
His brothers Lucious and Dewey Selmon also were All-American defensive linemen for Oklahoma, and played on the same defensive line together in 1973. Lucious Selmon (born in Eufaula Oklahoma) is an American football Defensive lineman and coach Dewey Selmon (born November 19, 1953) is a former football player in the National Football League and the brother of Lee Roy Selmon The fearsome trio is still regarded as the most famous set of brothers in OU history.
The 1996 Walter Camp "Alumnus of the Year" Voted to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame [1] in 1992. The Walter Camp “Alumni of the Year” award is bestowed on a worthy individual who has distinguished himself in the pursuit of
Statistics
| Season | Tackles | Sacks | TFL | ||||
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| UT | AT | TT | Sack | YdsL | TFL | Yds | |
| 1972 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 1 | ? |
| 1973 | 37 | 20 | 57 | 9 | 49 | 2 | ? |
| 1974 | 65 | 60 | 125 | 18 | 71 | 1 | ? |
| 1975 | 88 | 44 | 142 | 10 | 48 | 4 | ? |
| Career | 194 | 130 | 335 | 40 | 184 | 8 | ? |
All statistics courtesy of the official website of the Oklahoma Sooners
Professional career
In 1976, Selmon was the first player picked in the NFL draft, the first-ever pick for the then-brand-new expansion team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He joined older brother Dewey, who was a second round pick of the Bucs. In his first year, Lee Roy won the team's Rookie of the Year and MVP awards. Selmon went to six straight Pro Bowls and was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1979. In professional American football, the Pro Bowl is the All-star game of the National Football League (NFL The NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award is given by the Associated Press to the league's most outstanding defensive player at the end of every NFL season since Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) A back injury made the 1984 season his last, and the Bucs retired his number, 63, in 1986. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) He is a member of the Florida Sports Hall of Fame. The Florida Sports Hall of Fame (FSHOF and Museum is dedicated to preserving honoring and promoting knowledge of excellence manifested by inducted individuals and in the history and conduct
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After Football
Selmon stayed in Tampa, Florida, working as a bank executive and being active in many charities.
From 1993-2001, Selmon served as an assistant athletic director at the University of South Florida under Paul Griffin. The University of South Florida ( USF) known within its system as USF Tampa, is a public research University system located in Tampa, Florida Paul Griffin may refer to Paul Griffin (basketball Paul Griffin (Gaelic football Paul Griffin (boxer When Griffin moved on to take the same position for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Selmon stepped up and took over the athletic department. The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly known as Georgia Tech, or Tech, is a public, Coeducational Research university in The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta Georgia.
As the USF Athletic Director, Selmon launched the football program, spearheaded the construction of a new athletic facility and led the university's move into Conference USA and then into the Big East Conference. Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen Universities in the northeastern southeastern and midwestern United Citing health issues, Selmon resigned as the USF Athletic Director in 2004. He assumed the role as president of the USF Foundation Partnership for Athletics, an athletics fund-raising organization.
The Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway is named for him, as is a chain of restaurants. The Lee Roy Selmon Crosstown Expressway is a fifteen-mile limited access Toll road in Hillsborough County Florida, It connects the bedroom community of [2] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The College Football Hall of Fame, located in South Bend Indiana, USA is a hall of fame and museum devoted to College football. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the Hall of fame of the National Football League (NFL Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995
External links
- Pro Football Hall of Fame: Lee Roy Selmon
- College Football Hall of Fame: Lee Roy Selmon
- Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame
- Lee Roy Selmon's Restaurants
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers Fan Site Hall of Fame
- Lee Roy Selmon's Page at Bucpower.com
- St. Petersburg Times: Selmon remains hero, class act for Sooners
- Selmon to lead new fund-raising initiative for USF athletics
| Preceded by Randy White |
Outland Trophy Winners 1975 |
Succeeded by Ross Browner |
| Preceded by Paul Griffin |
University of South Florida Athletic Director 2001-2004 |
Succeeded by Doug Woolard |
| Preceded by Dianne Baker Junior Bridgeman Pat Haden Lisa Rosenblum John Dickson Stufflebeem John Trembley |
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Class of 2001 Alpha V. Randy Lee White (born January 15, 1953 in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania) was an American football player The Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States College football Interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America Ross Browner (born March 22 1954, Warren Ohio) is a former American football Defensive end who played ten seasons in the The University of South Florida ( USF) known within its system as USF Tampa, is a public research University system located in Tampa, Florida Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman (born September 17 1953, East Chicago Indiana) is a retired American Basketball player Patrick Capper Haden (born January 23, 1953 in Westbury New York, United States is a sportscaster and former professional American football player John Dickson "Boomer" Stufflebeem, was a United States Navy three-star vice admiral and Director Navy Staff until he was relieved of his position and demoted The Silver Anniversary Awards are given each year by the American National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA to recognize six distinguished Alexander Archie Griffin Steve Largent Steve Raible Lee Roy Selmon Wally Walker |
Succeeded by Richard C. Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21, 1954) is a former American football Running back and college football's only two-time Heisman trophy Steven Michael Largent, born September 28, 1954 in Tulsa Oklahoma, is a retired American football player enshrined in the Pro Football Steve Carl Raible, commonly known as Steve Raible (born June 2, 1954) is a news presenter and ex- NFL player Walter (Wally Frederick Walker (born July 18 1954, in Millersville Pennsylvania) is an American former professional Basketball player Chapman Maurice "Bo" Ellis Herman Frazier Betsy King John Naber Rodney E. Slater |
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