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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines family football scholarship and volunteering for the community. In the first place, he was raised by Lucious as well as Jessie Selmon on the farm close to Eufala located in Oklahoma as the youngest of the nine children they had. Second football he was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. All three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the US. In his three years as the team's starter, Oklahoma finished 32-1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. The National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in 1975. Selmon obtained his master's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during his time in college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. Additionally, he started a career in business. 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. It was the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being one of the top 10 young men of the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as an athlete, was captain of his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the University of South Fla's athletic department as assistant director. In 1993, the College Football Hall of Fame recognized him in 1998. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame In 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame, in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave their Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma made the presentation.