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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football and volunteering for the community. The first family is his youngest of the nine children born to Lucious and Jessie Selmon. The family lived on a farm in Eufala, Oklahoma. In football, he was alongside three brothers for Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. In 1973, Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the first-teamers for the entire year. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. During his three-year tenure as Oklahoma's starting quarterback and Sooners' starting quarterback, they went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. As an National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon received the opportunity to receive a scholarship in his third year in the year 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California, Berkeley. Lee Roy's fourth service consisted of ten hours a week in volunteer work during the college. After graduation, he moved to Tampa and played for nine years for Tampa's Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro three times. He then began his career. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relations officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also involved with these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982 The Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized him as one of 10 of the most notable young men. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was player, commanded his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy was a part of at the University of South Florida's athletic department as its Director of Athletics as an associate. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Jr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma gave it to them.