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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his family and community service. The first family is his youngest of nine children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie raised on a family farm near Eufala, Oklahoma. Two soccer. He is one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the US. For the three seasons that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In his role as a National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon was awarded a scholarship for the third time in the year 1975. Selmon obtained his degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during college. Following college, he relocated in Tampa and played nine seasons for the Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro three times. He then began his professional career. By 1988 he had become an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked in these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as a member of the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as one of the 10 of the most notable young men. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as player, commanded his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the university of south Florida's athletic department as assistant director. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor, who awarded this award.