Obituaries
Lee Roy Selmon, who died Sunday at 56, was an NFL Hall of Famer for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and played on national champion Oklahoma teams with his brother.
Sept. 5, 2011
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Lee Roy Selmon, a 10-year veteran who missed the entire 1985 NFL season because of a lower back problem, retired rather than undergo surgery that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers figured would help him recover and play again.
April 24, 1986
Tampa Bay defensive end Lee Roy Selmon will miss the entire 1985 season while following a nonsurgical rehabilitation program to to try to correct a back injury.
Aug. 13, 1985
Former UCLA quarterback Gary Beban, the 1967 Heisman Trophy winner, and Oklahoma defensive tackle Lee Roy Selmon, who won the 1975 Outland Trophy, were among 11 players named Saturday to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame in Larchmont, N.Y.
Jan. 24, 1988
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Aug. 29, 2011
Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame selection board turned their backs on Los Angeles on Saturday, spurning all three candidates from the Raiders and Rams.
Jan. 29, 1995
Steve Largent was elected to the House of Representatives last fall, but it was another honoree who made the political statement Saturday at the Pro Football Hall of Fame induction ceremonies.
July 30, 1995
Arizona suspended two starters -- fullback Gilbert Harris and guard Keith Jackson -- on Friday after the university declared them ineligible.
Nov. 1, 2003
Running back Chuck Muncie, suspended last year after failing a drug test, was reinstated Friday by National Football League Commissioner Pete Rozelle and then traded from the San Diego Chargers to the Minnesota Vikings.
July 20, 1985
Collette Johnson of Royston, Ga., is a first cousin of Ty Cobb, who was raised in the town and returned there from time to time after his retirement from baseball.
Sept. 6, 1985