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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family with the benefits of community service. First family, he's the youngest of the nine children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie raised on a family farm near Eufala, Oklahoma. In second football, he was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. All three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award for being the best lineman in the country. He was awarded two championships as well as the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. Third scholarship he was named an National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a diploma from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week throughout his college years. 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 was an Account Relation Officer at 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 on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. He was no surprise that In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy among the top 10 outstanding youngsters across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at 256 pounds in college as player, commanded his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy joined at the University of South Florida's athletic department as Director of Athletics as an associate. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. The Selmons' parents Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor, who awarded this award.