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Lee Roy Selmon's story is a mix of football scholarships for his family as well as service in the local community. The first is his familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. The family raised nine kids on a Eufala farm. In football, he played alongside three brothers in Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for across the country. Over the course of three seasons, Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Third scholarship he was named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received his bachelor's diploma in education. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week throughout his college years. After graduating, Lee Roy settled in Tampa which is where he played for 9 years with Tampa's Buccaneers. 3 times he was named an All-Pro. Then he began his business career. In 1988, he was working as an Account Relations Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being among the top 10 young men from the United States. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 pounds in the time he played football at college. The year 1975 was the first time he led the squad. In 1993, he became the athletic director's assistant at University of South Florida. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame through The GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.