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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the football scholarship of his family and service in the local community. First family: he's the youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Selmon. They grew up on a farm at Eufala, Oklahoma. Also, he was one of three siblings who represented Oklahoma in football. All three were All-Americans. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. In his three years as a starter Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and secured two national championships. Selmon was granted a 3rd scholarship in 1975 and named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers over nine years and was an all-pro. He also began a career in business. The year 1988 was the first time he began working as an Account Relation Manager for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed with the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as well as the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why the man was named among the 10 most notable young men of the nation by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. While a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighted 256 lbs. He was captain of his university team in the year 1975. He was hired by the University of South Florida in 1993 as an director of athletics as an associate. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was inducted into it into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Selmons' parents Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma gave it to them.