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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with social service. First family: he's the youngest of the nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon raised on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. The Selmons were also among the three siblings who represented Oklahoma on the field of football. All three brothers were All-Americans. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's most effective lineman. Over the course of his three years as a starter Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and secured two national championships. Selmon received a third award in 1975. In addition, he was referred to as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned a degree in Education. Fourth service In the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours each week on volunteer work. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers over nine years and was an all-pro. He also began a career in the field of business. He began his career in 1988. started working as an Account Relation Manager for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed with the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and also the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that in 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of the country's the top 10 most promising young males. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265lbs when his college football career began. In 1975, he was the captain of the team. He joined University of South Florida in 1993 as the Associate Director of Sports. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. The GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 awarded the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.