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Lee Roy Selmon blends the benefits of a football scholarship within his family and community service. The first is his relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children in a Eufala farm. In second football, he was one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was one of the top linemen in across the country. In three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. Also, they won two national championships. In 1975, he received his third scholarship, and was recognized as the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon received his bachelor's master's degree in educational studies. Fourth year of college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. He settled down in Tampa after college, playing for the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and was three-times all-pro. His business career began. By 1988 he had become an Account Relation Officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked with these groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as a member of the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why The Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the top 10 young men in the country. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. In his time at for college, he was the head coach of the 1975 team. In 1993, he was appointed the athletic director's assistant at the University of South Florida. The College Football Hall of Fame was named for the player in the year 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame In 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame, in 1995. The Selmons' parents Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma gave it to them.