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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family with volunteering in the community. The first line of his family was that he's the youngest out of nine kids who were raised in Eufala with Lucious Selmon. He played second in football and was one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. All three made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi award as the nation's best lineman. In his three years as a starter Oklahoma was 32-1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree in Education. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week throughout his college years. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons, and eventually became an all-pro. Also, he began his career in the field of business. In 1988, as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa and worked 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 was no doubt that the year 1982 was when The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of the 10 outstanding youngsters throughout the United States. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6'2 inches. In his time at for college, he was the head coach of the 1975 team. In 1993 he joined at the University of South Florida as associate director of athletics. The College Football Hall of Fame recognized the player as a member in the year the year 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame, in 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. His parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma made the presentation.