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Lee Roy Selmon's story combines the football scholarship of his parents and a commitment to his community. Selmon is the youngest of children of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon, who took care of him at the family farm near Eufala. He played football with three of his brothers for Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi Award as the best lineman in the country. Over the course of three seasons, Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work throughout his time at college. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. He also began a career in business. In 1988, as an account representative at First Florida Bank of Tampa and worked 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 In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of the 10 young stars across the country. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds as a college player he captained the 1975 team. In 1993, he joined at the University of South Florida's sports department as the assistant director. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 presented the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.