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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his home with the benefits of community service. First of all the Selmons were brought up with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie, on an agricultural property near Eufala in Oklahoma as the eldest of the nine children they had. In football, he played with his three brothers from Oklahoma. All three were All-Americans. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for across the country. He won two championships and 32-1-1 in his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. Third scholarship he was named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned his diploma in education. Fourth service In college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. He also began his career in the field of business. He began his career in 1988. was working as an Account Relations Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed by the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It was the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored his name in 1982, as one of the top 10 youths in the US. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch higher and weighing in at more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as a player, captained his team for the year 1975. He was promoted to the athletic director's assistant at the University of South Florida. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. The presentation was made by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.