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Lee Roy Selmon's tale combines football scholarship for his family as well as service in the local community. The first family is his youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon. The family lived on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. Second football he was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. All three made All-America. The year 1973 was the first time Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for just one season. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the country. Oklahoma had two National Championships in the span of three seasons as the player of the team. Third scholarship he was named the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in education. Fourth-year service in the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. In Tampa He played with the Buccaneers over nine years and was an all-pro. He also began a career in business. By 1988 he had become an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked for these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute in the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder he was named one of the top 10 notable young men of the nation by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in his height and weighed 256 lbs at the time he played in college. He led the 1975 team. He became an associate director of Athletics at the University of South Florida, in 1993. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, and the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 presented their Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The award presentation was given by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.