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Lee Roy Selmon, the first Tampa Bay Buccaneer enshrined
in the NFL Hall of Fame, grew up on a farm in
Eufaula, Oklahoma. Here, Lee Roy and his eight
older siblings learned to harvest the land. It
was also here that his parents Jessie and Lucious
planted the seeds of love, faith and hard work
in their children.
They were rewarded with Jessie’s succulent
southern specialties: knee bucklin’ favorites
like Mama Selmon’s meatloaf, fried green
tomatoes and rib-grabin’
barbeque, alongside steaming platters of fresh
vegetables from their farm. Fortified by Jesse’s
hearty fare, Lucious Jr., Dewey and Lee Roy grew
up to become legendary, powerful forces in football.
Conversations around the dinner table were as memorable
as the meals themselves: Lee Roy going on a diet
at the age of seven- and lasting about ten minutes;
the children sharing a ride on their horse Roxie
three at a time; the milk fights in the barn and,
of course, going off to play some pretty fair football
at the University of Oklahoma. |
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