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Lee Roy Selmon's existence includes football scholarships, family involvement and involvement in the community. First of all Selmon was raised by Lucious and Jessie Selmon on the farm close to Eufala in Oklahoma as the youngest of their nine children. Two soccer. He is among three brothers who played for Oklahoma. All three brothers were All-Americans. 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 top lineman. In the three years that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, he received the third scholarship of his career and was recognized as a National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon graduated with a degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy's fourth service included ten hours per week in volunteer work during college. He settled down in Tampa after college, played with the Buccaneers for nine seasons and made three times all-pro. His business career began. The first position he held was an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked on the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why Lee Roy was honored when the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the most prominent young men in the country. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing 256 pounds in college as a player, captained his team throughout 1975. In 1993 he was appointed assistant director of the University of South Florida. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 presented the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.