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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines the benefits of football scholarship with volunteering for the community. The first line of his family was that he's the youngest out of nine kids who were raised by Eufala by Lucious Selmon. The Selmons were also among the three siblings who represented Oklahoma on the field of football. Three of them were All-Americans. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for the entire nation. In the three years that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, he received his third scholarship, and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours per week volunteering throughout his time at college. After college, he moved into Tampa and played nine seasons for the Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro for three occasions. He then began his career. In 1988, while working as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa and worked for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder that Lee Roy was honored when the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated him as one of the 10 most notable young men in the country. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6-2. When he was playing college, he was the captain of the 1975 team. In 1993 he joined his current position at University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded their Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.