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Lee Roy Selmon's existence is a combination of football scholarship, family work and involvement in the community. The first family is his youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon. The family lived on a family farm near Eufala, Oklahoma. He played second in football and was one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was the best lineman in across the country. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. They also won two national championships. Third scholarship he was named an National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon graduated with a degree from the university of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in volunteer work ten hour per week while he attended college. He settled down in Tampa after college, was a member of the Buccaneers for nine seasons and played three times in the all-pro league. His business career began. By 1988, he became an Account Relation Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He also worked with the following organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It was not a surprise when In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy among the top 10 outstanding youngsters across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was an athlete, was captain of his team for the year 1975. In 1993 he was appointed assistant director of the University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave their Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma gave it to them.