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Lee Roy Selmon's existence includes football scholarship, family service as well as community involvement. His family's first name is Selmon is the eldest of nine kids raised in Eufala by Lucious Selmon. He played football with three of his brothers for Oklahoma. All three made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was the best lineman in all of the nation. He won two championships and the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's main man. The National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in the year 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's diploma from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work during his college years. He settled down in Tampa after college, playing for the Buccaneers for nine seasons and made three times all-pro. His business career began. The year 1988 was the first time he was working as an Account Relations Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for 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 among the top 10 outstanding youngsters throughout the United States. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighed about 256 pounds. He captained his college team in the year 1975. He joined at the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was elected to 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. Parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.