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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the virtues of family football scholarship and volunteerism in the community. Selmon is the youngest of children from Lucious Selmon and Jessie Selmon, who raised him on the family farm near Eufala. Two, football. He was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi award as the nation's best lineman. During his three-year tenure as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice, the Sooners went 32-1-1 and won two national championships. The third scholarship was awarded to him. He was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon obtained a degree as an educator. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work throughout his time at college. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. Also, he began an entrepreneurial career. He began his career in 1988. began working as an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as well as the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. He was no surprise that the year 1982 was when The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of the 10 young stars across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing 256 pounds in college as a player, captained his team for the year 1975. In 1993, he was a part of the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993 by The GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and The Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma was the person who presented the award.