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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and volunteer work in the community. He was the eldest child from Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon. They raised him on their property in Eufala. In football, he was alongside three brothers in Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy was named the most effective offensive lineman of the United States by Outland Lombardi, Outland and the Outland Awards. Oklahoma had two National Championships over his three-year tenure as the player of the team. On his third scholarship, he was named the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon obtained his diploma in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout college. He returned to Tampa following college. He played for the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and made three times all-pro. The beginning of his business career came. By 1988 he had become an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked for these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. So it's not surprising that he was named one of the top 10 notable young men of the nation from the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighs 256 pounds. He was a captain on his college team in 1975. He was promoted to associate director of Athletics at the University of South Florida, in 1993. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into both it into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 presented its Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.