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1954
Born to Lucious and Jessie Selmon in Eufaula, Oklahoma;
the youngest of nine children
1971
Graduates Eufaula H.S.; National Honor Society
Member
Attends University of Oklahoma, Athletic Scholarship
1974-1975
3 Time All-American at University of Oklahoma
Lee Roy and Dewey Selmon helped the Sooners win
back-to-back championship titles All Big Eight
Conference Team
1975
Outland Trophy Winner
Vince Lombardi Award
Led the Sooners in tackles with 132 and finished
with 324 career tackles
Graduates University of Oklahoma, B.A. in Special
Education
1976
Number one pick of the 1976 NFL draft
First-ever draft pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Named Big Eight Athlete of the Year
1977
Married Claybra Fields.
1979
Chosen as one of America's Ten Outstanding Young
Men by the U.S. Jaycees
1979
Key member of NFC Central Division Champs
NFL Defensive Lineman of the Year
Selected All-Pro
First All-League Selection
1980
Selected All-Pro
1980
Buccaneer (Miller Brewing Company) Man of the Year
1980
Kiwanis Citizen of the Year (District 8 - Florida
West Coast)
1981
Key member of NFC Central Division Champs
Named NFL Defensive Player of the Year
1982
Selected All-Pro 1982-83 "Service to Mankind"
Award by the Hillsboro Sertoma Club
1983
Selected to play in Pro Bowl - NFC Team
Selected All-Pro, All-NFC
1986
Retires from professional football.
Career stats: 78 1/2 sacks, 380 quarterback pressures,
forced 28 1/2 fumbles, recovered 10. Tampa Bay
Buccaneers all-time leader in starts (118), #63
jersey only one retired by the Buccaneers.
1988
Inducted College Football Hall of Fame
1993
Joined University of South Florida (USF) as Associate
Athletic Director for External Affairs; spearheading
effort to commence intercollegiate football
1994
Inducted into the GTE Academic All-America Hall
of Fame
1995
Inducted into NFL Hall of Fame; the first former
Sooner and the only Tampa Bay Buccaneer to date
2000
Partners with Outback Steakhouse to open the first
ever Lee Roy Selmon's Restaurant in Tampa, Florida.
1978,
Brandy; 1981 Lee
Roy Jr.; 1983 Christopher
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