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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the benefits of football scholarship with community service. In the first place the Selmons were brought up with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie, on a farm near Eufala in Oklahoma as the eldest of the nine children they had. He was also one of three siblings who represented Oklahoma on the field of football. Three brothers were All-America. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. In his three years as an offensive lineman, Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and won two national championships. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a diploma in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work in his college days. After graduation, he moved to Tampa and played nine seasons for the Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro 3 times. He then began his professional career. His first job was as an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank, Tampa. He has worked previously for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It was not a surprise when the year 1982 was when the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of ten outstanding young people across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as a player, captained his team during the season of 1975. In 1993 he joined at the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. His parents, Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.