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Lee Roy Selmon's tale combines the football scholarship of his family as well as service in the local community. First of all Selmon was raised with Lucious as well as Jessie Selmon. They lived on the farm close to Eufala within Oklahoma as the youngest of their nine children. Two soccer. He is among the three brothers that participated in the football team of Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi Award for being the best lineman in the country. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. Also, they won the national title twice. The third scholarship was awarded to him. He was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy's fourth time of service included ten hours per week as a volunteer in the college. Following graduation Lee Roy relocating to Tampa which is where he played for 9 years with Tampa's Buccaneers. 3 times, he was named an All-Pro. Lee Roy began his professional career. In 1988, as an account liaison officer for First Florida Bank of Tampa, he worked with Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute 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 males. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds as a college player he was captain of the team in 1975. In 1993, he became the athletic director's assistant at University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989, 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 is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.