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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with community service. In the first place Selmon was brought up with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie. They lived on a farm near Eufala within Oklahoma as one of their nine children. In football, he was with his three brothers in Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was a starter for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for the entire nation. In three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. Also, they won the national title twice. In 1975, the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in 1975. Selmon holds a bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy's fourth service was ten-hours per week in volunteer work during college. Following college, he moved to Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers were an all-pro three times before beginning his business career. In 1988, as an account liaison officer for First Florida Bank of Tampa, he worked with Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as being among 10 of the most notable young men. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. In his time at for college, he was the head coach of the team of 1975. In 1993, he was a part of his current position at University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, and the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented their Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.