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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football and social service. First the Selmons were raised by Lucious and Jessie Selmon on their Eufala farm. He was their youngest of nine children. In football, he was alongside three brothers for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. In 1973, Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for just one season. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the country. The three seasons he was an offensive lineman, Oklahoma recorded a record of 32-1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. On his third scholarship, he was named an National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree in Education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer every week while in the course of his college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. He also began a career in business. In 1988, he worked as an Account Relations Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed by 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. In 1982 The Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as being among 10 of America's most outstanding young men. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in height and weighed 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He captained the 1975 team. He joined the University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. In 1993, the College Football Hall of Fame was named for him in 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame In 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 handed out its Distinguished American Award to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor of Oklahoma who conferred this award.