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Lee Roy Selmon's past combines the benefits of football family academic scholarship with volunteerism in the community. He is the youngest child of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon, who had him raised on the farm they owned in Eufala. He played second in football and was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. The trio made All-America. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy was named the best offensive lineman in the country by Outland Lombardi, the Outland Awards. In his three years as the Oklahoma's starting line-up, the Sooners went 31-1-1 and claimed two championships. Selmon was given a second scholarship in 1975, and was named as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in the field of education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer every week while in the college. After graduation, he relocated to Tampa playing nine years for the Buccaneers played all-pro three times, before beginning a new business career. The year 1988 was the first time he worked as an Account Relations Officer for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed with the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and also the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There's no doubt that he was named one of the most distinguished young people in America from the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in height and weighed 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He played for the 1975 team. Lee Roy was appointed assistant director of Athletics for the University of South Florida, in 1993. In 1988 his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into both an appearance in the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave the Distinguished American Award to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.