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Lee Roy Selmon's tale combines football scholarship for his family and service to the community. In the first place Selmon was raised with Lucious as well as Jessie Selmon on a farm near Eufala in Oklahoma as the eldest of their nine children. A second reason was Selmon is the youngest of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. In 1973, Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for one season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi Award for being the best lineman in the country. The three years he was the team's starter, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 and won two national championships. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon holds a bachelor's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work during his college years. Following college, he relocated to Tampa and played nine seasons with Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro for three occasions. After that, he began his professional career. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relations officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also a part of the following organizations: 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 In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy among the top 10 outstanding youngsters across the nation. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He was captain of the team in 1975. In 1993 he was appointed assistant director of the University of South Florida. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into an appearance in the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma presented the award.