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Lee Roy Selmon has a background that is a combination of family scholarships football with volunteer work in the community. First, the Selmon familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on an Eufala farm. Second football he was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. All three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. In the three years that Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, Selmon was awarded his third scholarship and was named an National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon received a degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work during his college years. After graduating Lee Roy relocating to Tampa which is where he played for 9 years with the Buccaneers. 3 times he was named an All-Pro. Then he began his business career. His first job was as an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked 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 him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youngsters in the US. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing 256 pounds. He coached his university team in the year 1975. In 1993, he was a part of the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and The Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.