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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the benefits of football scholarships and volunteerism in the community. Selmon is the youngest of children from Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon, who raised him on their farm in Eufala. In second football, he was the third brother who were players for Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the top lineman from the USA. In his three years as an offensive lineman, Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. In 1975, Selmon was awarded his third scholarship and was named a National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon holds a bachelor's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. After graduation, he moved into Tampa and played nine years with Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro for three occasions. He then began his career. He was an Account Relation Officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked with these groups: 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 among the top 10 youths in the US. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing 256 pounds in college as a player, captained his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy joined at the University of South Florida's sports department as associate director. In 1988, he was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made his way into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 gave the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.