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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football with volunteering for the community. Selmon is the youngest of children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie Selmon, who had him raised on the family farm near Eufala. Two football. He is one of three brothers who participated in the football team of Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the USA. In the three years that Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. As an National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon was given a scholarship for the third time in the year 1975. Selmon received a diploma as an educator. Lee Roy was involved in volunteering for ten hours per week while he attended college. Then he settled in Tampa after college, playing for the Buccaneers for nine years and was three-times all-pro. His career in business began. He began his career in 1988. was working as an Account Relation Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as well as the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There was no doubt that In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of 10 young stars across the nation. 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's sports department as associate director. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993 by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 as well as by in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 awarded its Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The presentation was made by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.