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Lee Roy Selmon's story combines the virtues of family football scholarship with community service. His family's first name is he's the youngest out of the nine children raised within Eufala with Lucious Selmon. The second football was that Selmon is the youngest of three brothers to play for Oklahoma. All three became All-America. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy was named the best offensive lineman in the country by Outland and Lombardi Awards. For three seasons as a starter Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. He was awarded a third scholarship in 1975 and named as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in education. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week during his time at college. After graduation, Lee Roy settled in Tampa and spent the next nine years playing with the Buccaneers. 3 times, he was selected All-Pro. Lee Roy began his professional career. In 1988, while working as an account liaison officer for First Florida Bank of Tampa, he worked with Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the 10 most notable young men across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was player, commanded his team during the season of 1975. In 1993, he became the athletic director's assistant at University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame through the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, as well as in the Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.





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