TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Warren Sapp will never forget the day he met Lee Roy Selmon.
It was training camp of his rookie season in 1995, the seven-time Pro Bowl selection says, recalling when he finally came face to face with the iconic figure he had followed since he was a youngster growing up just outside of Orlando and rooting for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
The 56-year-old native of Eufala, Okla., died last Sunday, two days after suffering a stroke. Funeral services are Friday in Tampa and Saturday in Oklahoma City
Sapp says Selmon “never had a whole lot to say” but didn’t have to. That was because of what Selmon stood for, not only as a Hall of Fame football player but as a man.
