who was the defensive player of the year in 1979

Lee Roy Selmon won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1979.

		NAME	DPOY	SEASON	TM	GP	YDS	YDS/G	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC YDS/G	REC TD	KR YDS	KR YDS/G	KR TD	PR YDS	PR YDS/G	PR TD
1		Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	1	1979	TB	16	29	1.8	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0

	NAME	DATE	DPOY	SEASON	TM		OPP	YDS	TD	RUSH YDS	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC TD	KR YDS	KR TD	PR YDS	PR TD
1	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	12/16/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	12/9/1979	1	1979	TB	@	SF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	12/2/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	11/25/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	11/18/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	11/11/1979	1	1979	TB	@	DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	11/4/1979	1	1979	TB	@	ATL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	10/28/1979	1	1979	TB	@	MIN	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	10/21/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	GB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	10/14/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	NO	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	10/7/1979	1	1979	TB	@	NYG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	9/30/1979	1	1979	TB	@	CHI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	9/23/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	9/16/1979	1	1979	TB	@	GB	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	9/9/1979	1	1979	TB	@	BAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Lee Roy Selmon L. Roy Selmon	9/1/1979	1	1979	TB	vs	DET	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Average		0.1					1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Total		1					29	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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