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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with volunteer work in the community. The first is the Selmon familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on a Eufala farm. Two soccer. He is among three brothers who participated in the football team of Oklahoma. The three brothers were all 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 most effective lineman. During his three years as the starting quarterback for Oklahoma, the Sooners went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. In 1975, he was awarded his third scholarship and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a degree in education. Fourth service In the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. After graduation Lee Roy moved to Tampa which is where he played for nine years playing with the Buccaneers. 3 times, he was selected All-Pro. He began his business career. The year 1988 was the first time he was working as an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed by the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as well as the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youngsters in the US. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was a player, captained his team during the season of 1975. In 1993, he became the assistant director of the University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma made the presentation.