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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football and volunteer work in the community. The first family is his youngest of the nine children born to Lucious and Jessie Selmon. They grew up on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. He played second in football and was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. All three became 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 across the country. In his three years as the team's starter, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 and won two national championships. The National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in the year 1975. Selmon earned a degree from the university of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work during his college years. Following college, he moved to Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers played all-pro three times and started a business career. By 1988 he had become an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as a member of the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder that Lee Roy was honored when the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the 10 most notable young men across the nation. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6'2 inches. While he was in college, he commanded the team of 1975. In 1993, he was appointed the assistant director of Athletics at University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave their Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. The presentation was made by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.