Lee Roy Selmon Was the Greatest Sooner Football Player, EVER!
Dewey, Joe and Lee Roy Pose for Upcoming Season (1974)
Three All-Americans
Lee Roy was a monster on the football field and a gentleman when off the field. He will go down as the greatest football Sooner, just as Wayman Tisdale is the greatest Sooner basketball player. The youngest Selmon, along with his older brothers, played during a time when I never missed a home game, The Selmons, Little Joe, Steve Davis, and Jimbo Elrod were some of my favorite players. The picture I have included come from my 1974 OU scrapbood. (1971 season through the 1976 season, I cut newspaper stories of OU football, including the Sunday morning Daily Oklahoman and the Oklahoma Journal which included photos of the previous days' action)
The Sooners of 1974, the team that never played on TV, was, in my opinion, the greatest Sooner team of the era. Make no mistake, Lee Roy was the greatest player on that defense and the greatest player in OU Sooner history.
I still think about what the Sooner crowd would roar after the National Anthem on Owen Field, "God Bless Mrs. Selmon."
The Sooners of 1974, the team that never played on TV, was, in my opinion, the greatest Sooner team of the era. Make no mistake, Lee Roy was the greatest player on that defense and the greatest player in OU Sooner history.
I still think about what the Sooner crowd would roar after the National Anthem on Owen Field, "God Bless Mrs. Selmon."
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