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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family with the benefits of community service. He is the youngest child of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon, who had him raised on their farm in Eufala. In second football, he was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. All three became All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was a starter for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was one of the top linemen in the entire nation. Over the course of three seasons, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. They also won the national title twice. In 1975, he was awarded his third scholarship and was recognized as the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon obtained his master's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy spent ten hours per week volunteering in his college days. After graduation, he moved in Tampa and played nine years for Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro for three occasions. He then began his professional career. By 1988, he became an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also a part of the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There was no doubt that the year 1982 was when the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of the ten outstanding young people across the nation. 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 was appointed the assistant director of Athletics at University of South Florida. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of his way into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.