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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the virtues of family football scholarship with volunteering for the community. One of the first things he did is to help the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children on an Eufala farm. In football, he was with his three brothers from Oklahoma. All three were All-Americans. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the starters for one year. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was one of the top linemen in across the country. In three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy serving as their starting line-up. Also, they won 2 national titles. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in 1975. Selmon earned a degree from the university of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. Also, he began an entrepreneurial career. In 1988, he was an Account Representative for 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 on Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder in 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's 10 outstanding young males. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was player, commanded his team for the year 1975. He was promoted to the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. The award ceremony was conducted by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.