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Lee Roy Selmon's existence includes football scholarship, family work and involvement in the community. The first family is his youngest of nine children of Lucious the Jessie and Lucious Selmon raised on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. A second reason was his father was the only of three brothers who played with Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the best lineman of the United States. He won two championships and 31-1-1 during his three years as Oklahoma's starter. In 1975, Selmon was awarded his third scholarship and was recognized as a National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon received a degree in Education. Lee Roy's fourth volunteer service was ten-hours per week of volunteer time in college. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Additionally, he started a career in business. The first position he held was an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank, Tampa. He was a member in the past for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being among the top 10 youngsters of the United States. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds as a college player he was captain of the team in 1975. In 1993 he joined the University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded the Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor, who presented this award.