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Lee Roy Selmon's story combines football scholarship for his family and service to his community. In the first place, he was raised with Lucious and Jessie Selmon. They lived on an agricultural property near Eufala within Oklahoma as one of the nine children they had. Two, football. He was one of three brothers who played for Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy was named the best offensive lineman in the country by Outland and Lombardi Awards. He won two championships and 31-1-1 during his three years as the Oklahoma's starting linebacker. He received a third scholarship in 1975 and selected as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon was awarded a degree from Education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer times a week in the college. Following college, he relocated in Tampa and played nine seasons for Tampa's Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro three times. After that, he began his professional career. In 1988, while working as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa and worked 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. So it's not surprising that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's 10 outstanding young men. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing 256 pounds in college as a player, captained his team throughout 1975. Lee Roy joined the University of South Florida in 1993 as an Associate Director of Sports. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave its Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.