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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his home with volunteering in the community. First family he is the youngest of the nine children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie. They grew up on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. The second football was that Selmon is the youngest of three brothers to play with Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the top lineman from the USA. During his three years as Oklahoma's starting quarterback The Sooners recorded a 32-1-1 record and captured two national titles. In 1975, Selmon was awarded his third scholarship, and was recognized as the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon graduated with a degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer times a week in college. After college he settled in Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers played all-pro three times and started an entrepreneurial career. The year 1988 was the first time he worked as an Account Relation Manager for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being one of the top 10 young men from the United States. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. When he was playing college, he was the captain of the team of 1975. In 1993 he joined the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma made the presentation.