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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and volunteering for the community. One of the first things he did is to help his family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children in a Eufala farm. He was also one of three siblings that represented Oklahoma in football. Three of them were All-Americans. In 1973, Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for one season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. In the three years that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in the year 1975. Selmon earned a degree in Education. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work in his college days. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers played all-pro three times and started an entrepreneurial career. In 1988, he was an Account Relations officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also involved with these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There's no surprise that The Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the top 10 young men in the country. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 lbs when he played college football. In 1975, he was on the team. squad. In 1993 he was appointed associate director of the University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.