Oklahoma To Dedicate New Statue To 3 Iconic Sooners Players

Three Oklahoma Sooner legends will obtain a excessive honor later this month.

The storied soccer program will dedicate a statue to Lucious, Dewey and Lee Roy Selmon — three brothers who will go down as a few of the finest gamers in Oklahoma historical past.

The statue, which is able to stand on the nook of Jenkins Avenue and Brooks Road, might be unveiled earlier than the Kansas State sport on September 24.

The Selmons got here to play for Chuck Fairbanks and Barry Switzer out of Eufaula Excessive College. Lucious, the oldest brother of the three, arrived in Norman in 1970. Dewey and Lee Roy arrived in 1972.

By the tip of their respective collegiate careers, all three brothers had earned All-American honors as star defensemen for the Sooners. Additionally they helped this system to 2 straight Nationwide Championships in 1974 and 1975.

Lee Roy gained each the Outland and Vince Lombardi trophies. He was chosen by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the No. 1 general decide within the 1976 draft earlier than happening to notch three all-Professional choice and 6 Professional-Bowl appearances by way of 9 skilled seasons.

The Selmon statue would be the first Oklahoma soccer statue outdoors of this system’s Heisman Park.