THE WORLD OF SPORTS ARE IN SHOCK, AND ARE MOURNING THE DEATH OF ONE OF IT’S GREATEST REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL, ON AND OFF THE FIELD. MR. SELMON HAS PASSED AWAY FROM COMPLICATIONS OF A MASSIVE STROKE ON SEPT.2, 2011. BARRY SWITZER ANNOUNCED IN 1975 THAT LEE ROY SELMON WAS THE BEST COLLEGE PLAYER HE HAS EVER COACHED, AND THAT SAYS A LOT, BECAUSE SWITZER HAS COACHED SEVERAL OUTSTANDING PLAYERS PRIOR TO SELMON’S ARRIVAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. LEE ROY SELMON JOINED BOTH BROTHERS, LUCIOUS, AND DEWEY TO FORM ONE OF THE GREATEST DEFENSES IN THE NCAA. AND ALSO OKLAHOMA SOONERS FOOTBALL HISTORY. WHILE PLAYING AT OKLAHOMA, LEE ROY HELPED THE SOONERS TO WIN THE 1974 AND 1975 NCAA DIVISION 1-A NATIONAL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. HE ALSO WON SEVERAL AWARDS, TOO INCLUDE: THE LOMBARDI AWARD, AND ALSO, THE OUTLAND TROPHY, FOR THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN NCAA FOOTBALL. AFTER HE DOMINANT REIGN AS THE BEST PLAYER IN COLLEGE SPORTS, HE WAS DRAFTED NO.1 BY THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS, THE NEWEST FOOTBALL FRANCHISE OF THE NFL AT THE TIME. WHILE A GREAT PLAYER FOR THE BUCCANEER’S, HE ACCOMPLISHED THESE FEATS:
1. 6 TIME PRO BOWL SELECTIONS- 1979-1984 (EVERY YEAR)
2. 3 TIME FIRST TEAM ALL PRO SELECTIONS: 1979, 1980, 1982.
3. 2 TIME SECOND TEAM ALL PRO SELECTIONS: 1978, 1984.
4. 6 FIRST TEAM ALL PRO NFC AWARDS: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982,1984.
5. NFL 80’S ALL DECADE TEAM.
6. 1979 NFL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
7. 1982 CO-PRO BOWL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
8. 1979 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
9. COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
10. PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
THE AWARDS ARE PLENTIFUL, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL MORE,
MYBOYSAY NFL NATION, AND ALL OF MYBOYSAY SPORTS ENTHUSIAST’S WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MR. LEE ROY SELMON WILL BE NOT ONLY MISSED BY US, BUT BY ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S HE’S TOUCHED DURING HIS YEARS, IN AND OUT OF THE NFL.
MAY YOU REACH A WONDERFUL NEW WORLD, SIR……………………………………………..
