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Lee Roy Selmon's life is a combination of football scholarships, family involvement and community involvement. Selmon is the youngest of children from Lucious Selmon and Jessie Semon. They raised him on their farm in Eufala. A second reason was he is the youngest of three brothers to play with Oklahoma. All three made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. Over the course of three seasons, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy being the starting player. They also won two national championships. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in 1975. Selmon graduated with a degree from the university of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout college. Then he settled in Tampa after college, playing for the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and was three-times all-pro. His business career began. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relation Officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank. He also worked with the following groups: 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 as one of the 10 young stars across the nation. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in the height department and weighed 256 lbs when he was a student athlete. He was captain of the team in 1975. He was hired by the University of South Florida in 1993, as Associate Director of Sports. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame through his fellow members of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, as well as The Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The presentation was made by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.