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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his family and community service. The first line of his family was that he's the youngest out of nine kids raised within Eufala with Lucious Selmon. He was also one of three siblings that represented Oklahoma in football. The three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the best lineman of the US. In the three years that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, he was awarded the third scholarship of his career and was recognized as the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a degree from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout college. Following college, he relocated to Tampa and played for nine years for Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro for three occasions. He then began his professional career. In 1988, he was an Account Relation Officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked in these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It was not a surprise when In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of the ten outstanding young people throughout the United States. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in height and weighed 256 pounds in his college days. He played for the team of 1975. He joined the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993 by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and in the Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave their Distinguished American Award to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.