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Lee Roy Selmon's lifestyle is one of football scholarship, family work and community involvement. The first line of his family was that his father was the youngest of the nine children raised in Eufala with Lucious Selmon. He played second in football and was the third brother who were players for Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award for being the best lineman in the country. For three seasons as the team's starter, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon holds a bachelor's degree in education. Fourth-year service in the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. After graduation Lee Roy relocating to Tampa where he spent nine years playing for the Buccaneers. Three times, he was named All-Pro. He began his business career. He was an Account Relation Officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as a member of the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being among the top 10 youngsters from the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was a player, captained his team during the season of 1975. In 1993 he joined his current position at University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. Selmon has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. Parents, Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.