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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and social service. First family, he's the youngest of the nine children Lucious and Jessie Selmon. The family lived on a family farm near Eufala, Oklahoma. The Selmons were also among the three siblings to represent Oklahoma on the field of football. Three of them were All-Americans. 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. In his three years as the starting line-up Oklahoma recorded a record of 32-1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. Selmon was given a second scholarship in 1975 and named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned his qualification in the field of education. Fourth Service in the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours each week on volunteer work. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers over nine years and was an all-pro. In addition, he began his career in business. In 1988 he was an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute in the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why the man was named among the top 10 notable young men of the nation by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. In his student days, Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing a little over 256 pounds. He was captain of his university team in 1975. He was hired by the University of South Florida in 1993 as the director of athletics as an associate. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was also inducted into both an appearance in the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He and his parents Lucious and Mary Selmon. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.





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