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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his home with volunteering in the community. The first line of his family was that he's the youngest out of nine kids who were raised by Eufala through Lucious Selmon. The second football was that he is the youngest of three brothers who played with Oklahoma. All three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy serving as their starting line-up. They also won two national championships. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a diploma as an educator. Lee Roy's fourth time of service consisted of ten hours a week of volunteer time in the college. After college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine years for the Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro three times. Then he started his career. His first job was as an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked previously for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982 The Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized him as one of 10 of America's most outstanding young males. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in height and weighed 256 pounds in his college days. He was captain of the team in 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the university of south Florida's athletic department as the Director of Athletics as an associate. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.