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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines family football scholarship with volunteerism in the community. The first is the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on an Eufala farm. He played football alongside three brothers in Oklahoma. All three made All-America. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the best lineman of the USA. In his three years as an offensive lineman, Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. In 1975, he was awarded his third scholarship, and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a diploma from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week throughout his college years. Then he settled in Tampa following college. He was a member of the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and was three-times all-pro. His career in business began. In 1988, while working as an account representative at First Florida Bank of Tampa He was a member of 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 was not a surprise when, in 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of 10 young stars across the country. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6'2 inches. When he was playing college, he was the captain of the team of 1975. In 1993 he joined at the University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made his way into 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 awarded the Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.