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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with volunteer work in the community. He was the youngest son of Lucious Selmon and Jessie Semon. They had him raised on their farm in Eufala. In football, he played with three of his brothers in Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi award as the best lineman in the country. For the three seasons that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. After graduation Lee Roy moved to Tampa and spent the next 9 years with Tampa's Buccaneers. There were three times, he was named an All-Pro. He began his business career. In 1988, as an account liaison officer for First Florida Bank of Tampa, he worked with Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder that The Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the 10 most notable young men across the nation. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 lbs during his time playing college football. He was a captain in 1975. was on the team. squad. In 1993 he joined his current position at University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. The College Football Hall of Fame named him on the 28th of October, 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 presented the award.