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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the benefits of football scholarship and community service. One of the first things he did is to help the Selmon relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. The family raised nine kids in a Eufala farm. He played second in football and was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. He was awarded two championships as well as 32-1-1 in his three seasons as the Oklahoma's starting linebacker. He received a third scholarship in 1975 and designated a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received his bachelor's master's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. Then he settled in Tampa following college. He played with the Buccaneers for nine seasons and played three times in the all-pro league. His business career began. In 1988, he was an Account Relations officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also involved with these groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of the nation's top 10 young men. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as a player, captained his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy was a part of at the University of South Fla's athletic department as the associate director. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded the Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.