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Lee Roy Selmon blends the benefits of a football scholarship within his home with the benefits of community service. First of all the Selmons were raised by Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie, on a farm near Eufala located in Oklahoma as the youngest of the nine children they had. He played second in football and was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi award as the best lineman in the country. In his three years as the team's starter, Oklahoma finished 32-1-1 and won two national championships. He was awarded a third scholarship in 1975 and selected as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received a diploma in education. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week while he attended college. He settled down in Tampa following college. He playing for the Buccaneers for nine years and was three-times all-pro. His career in business began. In 1988, he was an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: 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. So it's not surprising that in 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's 10 outstanding young males. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in the height department and weighed 256 lbs when he was a student athlete. He was captain of the team in 1975. Lee Roy joined the University of South Florida in 1993, as associate director of sports. He was named associate director of athletics by the College Football Hall of Fame was named for his as a member in the year 1998. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame, in 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame, in 1995. Parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The presentation was made by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.