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Lee Roy Selmon's lifestyle is one of football scholarship, family work as well as community involvement. The first line of his family was that his father was the youngest of nine kids who were raised within Eufala through Lucious Selmon. In football, he played with his three brothers from Oklahoma. All three made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy was named the best offensive lineman in the country by Outland and Lombardi Awards. For the three seasons that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Selmon was given a second scholarship in 1975. He was also designated an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout the college. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers for nine seasons, and eventually became an all-pro. Additionally, he started an entrepreneurial 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. So it's not surprising that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of America's top 10 young men. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds in his college days. He was captain of the team in 1975. In 1993, he became the associate director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. In 1988, Selmon was inducted 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. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma presented the award.
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