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Lee Roy Selmon blends the benefits of a football scholarship within his family and the benefits of community service. His family's first name is he's the youngest out of the nine children raised in Eufala through Lucious Selmon. A second reason was he is the youngest of three brothers to play with Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. 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 best lineman in all of the nation. He won two championships and the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. The National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California, Berkeley. Fourth year of the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. After college, he moved into Tampa and played nine years with the Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro three times. He then began his career. The year 1988 was the first time he was working as an Account Relations Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being among the top 10 youths of the United States. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 pounds when he played college football. In 1975, he led the squad. In 1993, he became the as associate director at the University of South Florida. In 1988, he was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Jr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.