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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with volunteering for the community. One of the first things he did is to help his relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. The family raised nine kids on a Eufala farm. In football, he played alongside three brothers in Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the USA. In three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy serving as their starting line-up. Also, they won the national title twice. In 1975, the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in the year 1975. Selmon received his bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer times a week in college. After graduation, he landed in Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers were all-pro three times and started his business career. In 1988, he was an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked with these groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as a member of the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as one of the 10 of America's most outstanding young men. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He was captain of the team in 1975. He joined University of South Florida in 1993, as assistant director of sports. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993 by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.