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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines family football scholarships and volunteerism in the community. First of all the Selmons were brought up with Lucious as well as Jessie Selmon, on the farm close to Eufala in Oklahoma as one of their nine children. Two, football. He is among the three brothers that participated in the football team of Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the top lineman from the United States. During his three years as the starting quarterback for Oklahoma The Sooners recorded a 32-1-1 record and captured two national titles. A third scholarship saw him named an National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a diploma as an educator. Lee Roy was involved in volunteer work ten hour per week while he attended college. He settled down in Tampa following college. He played with the Buccaneers for nine seasons and made three times all-pro. His career in business began. In 1988, he began working as an Account Relation Manager in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as well as the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There was no doubt that In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of 10 outstanding youngsters across the country. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 pounds during his time playing college football. The year 1975 was the first time he led the squad. In 1993 he was appointed assistant director of the University of South Florida. In 1993, the College Football Hall of Fame named his on the 28th of October, the year 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame In 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave the Distinguished American Award to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.