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Lee Roy Selmon's life is one of football scholarship, family service and involvement in the community. The first is his relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on an Eufala farm. Also, he was one of three siblings who represented Oklahoma in football. All three were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's most effective lineman. In his three years as an offensive lineman, Oklahoma finished 32-1-1 and won two national championships. Selmon was a National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon was awarded an award for his third season in 1975. Selmon graduated with a degree from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week throughout his college years. After graduation, he landed in Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers was the all-pro 3 times, and began a business career. In 1988, while working as an account representative at 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. It was the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being one of the top 10 young men in the US. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was player, commanded his team during the season of 1975. He was promoted to the associate director of Athletics at University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Selmons' parents Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor, who awarded this award.