Bucs Legend Lee Roy Selmon in Critical Condition After Stroke

The Tampa area was still reeling Saturday morning from the news that Tampa Bay Buccaneers legend Lee Roy Selmon, 56, was gravely ill following a stroke, TBO.com reports.

Selmon, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who served as the University of South Florida's athletic director from 2001-04, was listed in critical condition at St. Joseph Hospital early Saturday, according to media reports.

A statement Friday afternoon from Lee Roy Selmon's Restaurant had indicated Selmon had passed away, but that statement was later retracted and said to have been "prematurely released."

Selmon was the Bucs' first-ever draft pick in 1976 and went on to become the team's most celebrated player and a local sports icon. He's also known as the part-owner of seven bay area barbecue restaurants that bear his name. The city's Crosstown Expressway is named in his honor.

Selmon is currently president of the USF Foundation Partnership for Athletics.

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