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Selmon gets support

Hall of Fame NFL defensive end Lee Roy Selmon was on the minds of teams he worked with on Saturday, a day after he was hospitalized in Florida. His former NFL team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, confirmed Saturday that he had suffered a stroke. They issued a statement saying that the organization was thinking about him. Selmon, 57, once served as athletic director for the University of South Florida, and members of its football team wore his old number on their helmets for their game against Notre Dame. As a Buccaneer, he was a Pro Bowl selection six years in a row and was NFL defensive player of the year in 1979 when the team made it to the NFC championship game. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. – AP