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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his family with the benefits of community service. In the first place Selmon was born with Lucious and Jessie Selmon. They lived on an agricultural property near Eufala within Oklahoma as the eldest of the nine children they had. In football, he played with three of his brothers from Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the United States. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy being the starting player. The team also took home two national championships. The third scholarship was awarded to him. He was as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in education. Fourth-year service in the university Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. He settled down in Tampa after college, playing for the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and played three times in the all-pro league. His career in business began. By 1988 he had become an Account Relation Officer at 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 on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youths from the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was an athlete, was captain of his team for the year 1975. He joined University of South Florida in 1993 as an assistant director of sports. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Jr. The award ceremony was conducted by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.
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