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Lee Roy Selmon blends the benefits of a football scholarship within his family with community service. The first is the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children on a Eufala farm. A second reason was he is the youngest of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three brothers were All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for the entire nation. Lee Roy won two championships, and the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's main man. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon holds a bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week throughout his college years. He settled down in Tampa after college, was a member of the Buccaneers for nine years and played three times in the all-pro league. His career in business began. By 1988, he became an Account Representative at Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also a part of the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. So it's not surprising that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of America's 10 outstanding young men. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 lbs in the time he played football at college. In 1975, he led the squad. In 1993 he was appointed assistant director of the University of South Florida. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor, who awarded this award.