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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines the virtues of family football scholarships and volunteerism in the community. The first line of his family was that his father was the youngest of the nine children raised within Eufala through Lucious Selmon. He played football alongside three brothers in Oklahoma. All three made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was the best lineman in all of the nation. In his three years as an offensive lineman, Oklahoma finished 32-1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. In 1975, he received his third scholarship and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during his time in college. After college he settled in Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers was the all-pro 3 times, and began his business career. He was an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked with these groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that in 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's 10 outstanding young males. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 lbs when he played college football. The year 1975 was the first time he led the team. In 1993, Roy was a part of the University of South Florida's sports department as its Director of Athletics as an associate. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Parents, Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.