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Lee Roy Selmon blends the benefits of a football scholarship within his family with the benefits of community service. First family, he's the youngest of the nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon. The family lived on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. Two, football. He is one of the three brothers that played for Oklahoma. All three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award as the best lineman in the country. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy serving as their starting line-up. The team also took home the national title twice. The National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in the year 1975. Selmon received a diploma as a teacher. Fourth year of college Lee Roy devoted ten hours each week on volunteer work. After graduation, he moved into Tampa and played nine seasons for the Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro for three occasions. Then he started his professional career. By 1988 he had become an Account Relation Officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. He was no surprise that the year 1982 was when The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of 10 young stars across the nation. While a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighed about 256 pounds. He coached his university team in 1975. He was hired by the University of South Florida in 1993, as Associate Director of Sports. He was named associate director of athletics by the College Football Hall of Fame was named for the player in 1998. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame In 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame, in 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.