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Lee Roy Selmon's story combines football scholarships for his parents and a commitment to the community. First family he is the youngest of the nine children born to Lucious Selmon and Jessie. They grew up on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. In football, he played with three of his brothers in Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy was named the best offensive lineman in the country by Outland and Lombardi Awards. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. The team also took home 2 national titles. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in 1975. Selmon earned a degree from the university of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week throughout his college years. He moved to Tampa after college, playing for the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and was three-times all-pro. The business venture he started began. By 1988 he had become an Account Representative 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. There was no doubt that In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of ten outstanding young people across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as an athlete, was captain of his team throughout 1975. In 1993, he became the associate director of Athletics at University of South Florida. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Parents, Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.