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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines the benefits of football scholarship with community service. The first time, he was brought up by Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie. They lived on a farm near Eufala located in Oklahoma as the eldest of their nine children. Two, football. He is among the three brothers that played for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-America. The year was 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 all of the nation. For the three seasons that Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Third scholarship he was named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon was awarded a degree from education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during the college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Additionally, he started an entrepreneurial career. The first position he held was an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked in the past for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of the nation's 10 outstanding young men. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was player, commanded his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy was a part of the university of south Florida's athletic department as its Director of Athletics as an associate. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of his way into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor, who presented this award.