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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family and community service. The first is his relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children on an Eufala farm. In football, he played alongside three brothers from Oklahoma. Three brothers were All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was one of the top linemen in all of the nation. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy being the starting player. The team also took home two national championships. In 1975, he received the third scholarship of his career and was named an National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a degree in education. Lee Roy was involved in volunteer work ten hour per week throughout his college years. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. He also began his career in the field of business. In 1988, as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa, he worked with Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as one of the 10 of America's most outstanding young males. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at 256 pounds in college as player, commanded his team during the season of 1975. In 1993, he joined the university of south Florida's sports department as the assistant director. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.