As we roll out our own choices for "Mount Rushmore" honors for Tampa Bay sports teams, one of our readers was reminded of a similar treatment for the Bucs defensive line nearly 40 years ago.

Sue Avery of Wesley Chapel e-mailed to share a photo of an orange "MT CRUSHMORE" T-shirt that her husband Mark came up with and made with players' permission through his screen printing company.

The four, if this somehow pre-dates your Bucs expertise, were Hall of Famer Lee Roy Selmon (63), tackle Bill Kollar (77), Selmon's brother Dewey (58) and Wally Chambers (60).

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The 1979 Bucs were Tampa Bay's first playoff team, going 10-6 and winning the NFC Central, after Tampa Bay had gone 7-37 in its first three seasons.

The Bucs defense held seven opponents to 10 points or less, including a 3-0 win in the season finale to clinch the division. Tampa Bay would reach the NFC Championship Game before losing 9-0 to the Rams.

"They loved it," Sue wrote about the players and the T-shirts. "At the time, Lee Roy worked for a bank in Tampa and would place orders every week for the shirts. We printed hundreds and everyone in Tampa seemed to have one. We still have the original artwork. … We are still so prooud of this idea and how well Tampa loved it."

The Averys now live in Wesley Chapel but Mark and his son Ryan still own the company, SGS Designs Inc., in Tampa.