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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his home with the benefits of community service. The first family is his youngest of nine children of Lucious the Jessie and Lucious Selmon. The family lived on a farm at Eufala, Oklahoma. In football, he was with his three brothers in Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was one of the top linemen in the entire nation. In his three years as a starter Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. The National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in 1975. Selmon received a degree in education. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week throughout his college years. Following college, he relocated in Tampa and played nine years for Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro three times. He then began his career. The first position he held was a Account Relations Officer with First Florida Bank, Tampa. He has worked previously for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There's no surprise that The Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as among the most prominent young men in the country. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as player, commanded his team for the year 1975. In 1993, he became the associate director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. The Selmons' parents Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.