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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his home with community service. He is the youngest child of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Semon. They had him raised on the farm they owned in Eufala. Another reason for his football career was that his father was the only of three brothers who played with Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy was named the most offensive lineman in the country by Outland and Lombardi Awards. Over the course of three seasons, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy being the starting player. The team also took home two national championships. Selmon was given a second scholarship in 1975, and was designated a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received his bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during the college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. He also began an entrepreneurial career. In 1988, while working as an account representative at First Florida Bank of Tampa He was a member of the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's 10 outstanding young males. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. In his time at for college, he was the head coach of the 1975 team. In 1993 he joined at the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. 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 the award.