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Lee Roy Selmon blends the merits of football scholarship in his family with community service. He is the youngest child from Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon. They took care of him at their farm in Eufala. He was also one of three siblings that represented Oklahoma on the field of football. All three made All-America. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the starters for one year. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was the best lineman in all of the nation. Over the course of three seasons, Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. He received a third scholarship in 1975, and was named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon obtained a degree as an educator. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week during his time at college. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers was an all-pro three times before beginning a business career. The year 1988 was the first time he began working as an Account Relations Officer for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for 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. There's no surprise that the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the 10 most notable young men in the country. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. While he was in for college, he was the head coach of the 1975 team. He joined the University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. The College Football Hall of Fame was named for the player as a member in the year 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994. 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 is the Oklahoma governor that made the award.