Lee Roy Selmon

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Lee Roy Selmon

Selmon with the Buccaneers
No. 63
Position:	Defensive end
Personal information
Born:	(1954-10-20)October 20, 1954 Eufaula, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died:	September 4, 2011(2011-09-04) (aged 56) Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:	256 lb (116 kg)
Career information
High school:	Eufaula (OK)
College:	Oklahoma (1972–1975)
NFL draft:	1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Career history
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1976–1984)
Career highlights and awards
NFL Defensive Player of the Year (1979) 3× First-team All-Pro (1979, 1980, 1982) 2× Second-team All-Pro (1978, 1984) 6× Pro Bowl (1979–1984) NFL 1980s All-Decade Team NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor Tampa Stadium Krewe of Honor Tampa Bay Buccaneers No. 63 retired 2× National champion (1974, 1975) Outland Trophy (1975) Lombardi Award (1975) UPI Lineman of the Year (1975) Unanimous All-American (1975) First-team All-American (1974) Big Eight Defensive Player of the Year (1975) 2× First-team All-Big Eight (1974, 1975)
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 742 Sacks: 23 Fumbles forced: 28.5
Pro Football Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame

Lee Roy Selmon (October 20, 1954 – September 4, 2011) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a defensive tackle at the University of Oklahoma, the youngest of three brothers to play football there.

He was a consensus All-American in 1974 and 1975 and a member of consecutive national championship teams for the Oklahoma Sooners in 1974 and 1975.

Selmon was selected by the expansion Buccaneers as the first overall pick in the 1976 NFL draft. He played in the NFL for nine seasons, from 1976 to 1984, all with the Buccaneers.

Selmon joined the athletic department at the University of South Florida in 1993 and served as the school's athletic director from 2001 to 2004. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995, and the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2009.^{[1]: 398 [2]}