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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the virtues of family football scholarships and community service. The first is the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children in a Eufala farm. He played football with three of his brothers from Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the starters for one year. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi award as the top lineman in America. Over the course of three seasons, Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon obtained a degree as an educator. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout the college. He settled down in Tampa after college, played with the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and was three-times all-pro. His business career began. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He also worked with 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. This is why The Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the top 10 young men across the nation. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. In his time at for college, he was the head coach of the 1975 team. In 1993, he was a part of the University of South Florida as associate director of athletics. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into an appearance in the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma presented the award.