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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his home with the benefits of community service. The first line of his family was that his father was the youngest of nine kids raised in Eufala with Lucious Selmon. Two soccer. He is among the three brothers that participated in the football team of Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the best lineman of the US. In his time as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice and Sooners' starting quarterback, they went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. A third scholarship saw him named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon obtained a degree as an educator. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout college. After graduation, he moved into Tampa and played nine years with Tampa's Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro three times. After that, he began his career. In 1988, he was an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked in 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. In 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized him as one of Ten of America's top young men. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6-2. While he was in college, he was the captain of the team of 1975. He was promoted to the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 awarded their Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.