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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football and community service. He is the youngest child of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Semon. They took care of him at the farm they owned in Eufala. In football, he was with his three brothers in Oklahoma. All three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi Award as the nation's best lineman. For the three seasons that Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In his role as an National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon was given the opportunity to receive a scholarship in his third season in 1975. Selmon received his bachelor's diploma in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. After graduation Lee Roy relocating to Tampa where he spent 9 years with Tampa's Buccaneers. Three times, he was named an All-Pro. Lee Roy began his professional career. The year 1988 was the first time he worked as an Account Relations Officer for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed by the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being among the top 10 young men of the United States. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in the height department and weighed 256 lbs in his college days. He was captain of the team in 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the university of south Florida's athletic department as its assistant director. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. 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. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.