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Lee Roy Selmon
Lee Roy Selmon (born October 20, 1954) is a former NFL football player and the only member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Born in Eufaula, Oklahoma, Selmon played college football for the University of Oklahoma Sooners from 1972 to 1975 as a defensive lineman. His brothers Lucious and Dewey also played for Oklahoma. The Sooners were NCAA Division I-A national football champions in 1974 and 1975. Selmon won the Lombardi Award and the Outland Trophy in 1975. 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.
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. (Dewey would also play for the Bucs.) In his first year, he was the team's Rookie of the Year and MVP. Selmon went to six straight Pro Bowls and was named NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year in 1979. A back injury made his 1984 season his last, and the Bucs retired his number, 63, in 1986.
Selmon stayed in Tampa, Florida, working as a bank executive and active in many charities. He joined the athletic department of the University of South Florida and eventually became Athletic Director. The Lee Roy Selmon Expressway is named for him, as is a chain of restaurants. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
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