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Lee Roy Selmon's story combines football scholarships for his family as well as service to his community. First family he is the youngest of the nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon raised on a farm at Eufala, Oklahoma. In second football, he was one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the starters for one year. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the United States. In the three years that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in the year 1975. Selmon was awarded a degree from education. Fourth-year service in the university Lee Roy devoted ten hours each week on volunteer work. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Also, he began a career in business. The first job he had was an Account Relations Manager at 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. No wonder that in 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's most outstanding young men. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 lbs during his time playing college football. He was a captain in 1975. led the group. In 1993, he became the associate director of the University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame through the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 presented the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.