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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and volunteering for the community. The first time Selmon was born with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie on an agricultural property near Eufala within Oklahoma as the youngest of their nine children. Also, he was one of three siblings who represented Oklahoma on the field of football. Three brothers all made All-Americans. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi award as the nation's best lineman. He won two championships and the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's main man. He was awarded a third scholarship in 1975. He was also named as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received his bachelor's diploma in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work throughout his time at college. After graduation Lee Roy moved to Tampa and spent the next 9 years with the Buccaneers. There were three times he was named an All-Pro. Then he began his business career. His first job was as a Account Relations Officer with First Florida Bank, Tampa. He was a member in the past for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored his name in 1982, as among the top 10 youths of the United States. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in height and weighed 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He captained the 1975 team. In 1993, he was appointed the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.