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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines family football scholarship with community service. The first line of his family was that he's the youngest out of nine kids raised in Eufala through Lucious Selmon. 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 an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award as the best lineman in the country. In his three years as the team's starter, Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. Selmon was given a second scholarship in 1975, and was selected as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer times a week in his time in college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Also, he began a career in business. In 1988, as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa and worked for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There was no doubt that In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy among the top 10 young stars throughout the United States. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 lbs during his time playing college football. He was a captain in 1975. was on the team. group. In 1993 he was appointed associate director of the University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. 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.