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Lee Roy Selmon's past combines the benefits of football family scholarship with community service. At first his parents raised him by Lucious and Jessie Selmon on their Eufala farm as the youngest of nine kids. In football, he played with three of his brothers from Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. A year later, in 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. Over the course of his three years as the starting line-up Oklahoma recorded a record of 32-1-1 and won two national championships. He was awarded a third scholarship in 1975, and was named as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned a degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout the course of his college. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers for nine seasons, and eventually became an all-pro. He also began a career in business. He was an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked with these groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why it was a surprise to hear that he was voted one of the top 10 notable young people in America by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265lbs when he played college football. The year 1975 was the first time he led the team. Lee Roy was appointed assistant director of Athletics for the University of South Florida, in 1993. In 1988, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.