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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family with community service. The first line of his family was that his father was the youngest of nine kids raised by Eufala by Lucious Selmon. Two, football. He is among three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. In 1973, Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for one season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. During his three years as Oklahoma's starting quarterback and Sooners' starting quarterback, they went 32-1-1 and captured two national titles. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy's fourth service was ten-hours per week of volunteer time in the college. After graduation, he landed in Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers was all-pro three times and started a business career. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relation Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also involved with these groups: 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 Lee Roy as one of the Ten of America's top young men. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds as a college player he played for the team of 1975. In 1993, he was named as associate director at the University of South Florida. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave its Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.