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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the benefits of football family academic scholarship with social service. He was the eldest child from Lucious Selmon and Jessie Selmon, who raised him on the farm they owned in Eufala. The Selmons were also among the three siblings to represent Oklahoma on the field of football. The three brothers were all All-America. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the nation's top lineman. Over the course of his three years as the starting line-up Oklahoma finished 32-1-0 and won two national championships. In 1975, he received his third scholarship. He was acknowledged as a National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon graduated with a degree of education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout his time in college. He returned to Tampa after graduation, and played with the Buccaneers for 9 years and was three-time all-pro. His business career began. By 1988 he had become an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked for these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why the man was named among the most distinguished young men of the nation from the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds in his college days. He led the 1975 team. He was promoted to associate director of Athletics at the University of South Florida, in 1993. In 1988 He was elected into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was inducted into it into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.