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Lee Roy Selmon's past combines the virtues of family football scholarship with volunteerism in the community. First family he is the youngest of the nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon raised on the farm of Eufala, Oklahoma. In football, he played alongside three siblings for Oklahoma. All three were All-Americans. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's most effective lineman. In his three years as an offensive lineman, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 and secured two national championships. Selmon was granted a 3rd scholarship in 1975, and was named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon graduated with a degree of Education. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work throughout his time at college. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. He also began a career in business. In 1988, he joined the ranks of an account representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He also worked with the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of the country's most outstanding young males. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing a little over 256 pounds. He played for his school's team in the year 1975. In 1993, he joined as a director at University of South Florida as associate director of athletics. He was named associate director of athletics by the College Football Hall of Fame named him in 1998. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame In 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame In 1995. The Selmons' parents Lucious and Mary Selmon. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.