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Position: | Defensive end | ||||||
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Born: | Eufaula, Oklahoma, U.S. | October 20, 1954||||||
Died: | September 4, 2011 Tampa, Florida, U.S. | (aged 56)||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 256 lb (116 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Eufaula (OK) | ||||||
College: | Oklahoma (1972–1975) | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1976 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1 | ||||||
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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]