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Lee Roy Selmon has a background that is a combination of family scholarships football and social service. At first his parents raised him by Lucious and Jessie Selmon, who lived on their Eufala farm. He was the youngest of nine children. Second, football was his favorite sport. He was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's most effective lineman. Oklahoma had two National Championships during his three-year tenure as the lineman. Selmon was given a second scholarship in 1975, and was named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned a bachelor's in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout the college. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Additionally, he started a career in the field of business. By 1988 he had become an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked in these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute in the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of the nation's most outstanding young males. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighted 256 lbs. He was captain of his university team in the year 1975. Lee Roy joined the University of South Florida in 1993 as an associate director of sports. In 1988 the year he was a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was inducted into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.