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Lee Roy Selmon's lifestyle is a combination of football scholarship, family work as well as community involvement. In the first place Selmon was raised by Lucious and Jessie Selmon on a farm near Eufala located in Oklahoma as the youngest of the nine children they had. In football, he was with three of his brothers in Oklahoma. All three became All-America. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. He was awarded two championships as well as the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. As an National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon was given a scholarship for the third year in the year 1975. Selmon received a degree in education. Fourth-year service in the university Lee Roy devoted ten hours per week to volunteer projects. He settled down in Tampa following college. He was a member of the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and played three times in the all-pro league. His business career began. In 1988, he was an Account Relation Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He also worked with 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. He was no surprise that the year 1982 was when the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy among the top 10 outstanding youngsters across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing 256 pounds in college as a player, captained his team throughout 1975. In 1993 he was appointed as associate director at the University of South Florida. He was inducted into 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. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.