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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his family with volunteering in the community. He was the youngest son of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Semon. They took care of him at the family farm near Eufala. Two, football. He was one of the three brothers that played for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the USA. During his three years as the starting quarterback for Oklahoma The Sooners recorded a 32-1-1 record and won two national championships. The National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in 1975. Selmon obtained his master's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during the college. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers was an all-pro three times before beginning an entrepreneurial career. The first job he had was an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. He has worked on the 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 honored him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youths of the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as player, commanded his team throughout 1975. In 1993, he became the associate director of Athletics at University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, and the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Jr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.