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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football with community service. One of the first things he did is to help the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on an Eufala farm. In football, he played alongside three brothers for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for one season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. In the three years that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, he received the third scholarship of his career and was named an National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy was involved in volunteer work ten hour per week throughout his college years. After graduation, he moved to Tampa and played nine seasons for Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro three times. After that, he began his career. The year 1988 was the first time he began working as an Account Relation 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. So it's not surprising that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of the nation's top 10 young males. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265lbs in the time he played football at college. The year 1975 was the first time he was the captain of the squad. In 1993, Roy joined the University of South Florida's sports department as the assistant director. He was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. Parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma presented the award.





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