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Lee Roy Selmon has a background that is a combination of family scholarships football with volunteering for the community. Selmon is the youngest of children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie Selmon, who had him raised on their farm in Eufala. Another reason for his football career was that Selmon is the youngest of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy was named the most offensive lineman in the United States by Outland and Lombardi Awards. In the three years that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, he was awarded his third scholarship and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon graduated with a diploma from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work in his college days. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. He also began a career in business. The first position he held was an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. He has worked on the 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 as one of America's most outstanding young males. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing 256 pounds. He was captain of his college team in the year 1975. Lee Roy joined the University of South Florida in 1993 as the assistant director of sports. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave its Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.