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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with volunteer work in the community. First, the Selmon familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on a Eufala farm. In second football, he was one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was a starter for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the top lineman from the US. The three years he was the team's starter, Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. Third scholarship he was named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy was involved in volunteer work ten hour per week throughout his college years. Following college, he relocated in Tampa and played for nine years with Tampa's Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro three times. After that, he began his professional career. The first job he had was an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. He was a member in the past for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There was no doubt that, in 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of ten outstanding young people across the country. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as player, commanded his team for the year 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the University of South Florida's sports department as associate director. 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. The Selmons' parents Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The presentation was made by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.