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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family and volunteering in the community. The first time, he was born with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie on an agricultural property near Eufala located in Oklahoma as the youngest of their nine children. The second football was that he is the youngest of three brothers to play with Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. The year 1973 was the first time Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the first-teamers for the entire year. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. For the three seasons that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in educational studies. Fourth-year service in college Lee Roy devoted ten hours per week to volunteer projects. After college he settled in Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers played an all-pro three times before beginning an entrepreneurial career. He began his career in 1988. was working as an Account Relations Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute as well as the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being one of the top 10 young men in the US. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighs a little over 256 lbs. He captained his college team in 1975. In 1993, he was named assistant director of the University of South Florida. The College Football Hall of Fame named the player on the 28th of October, 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Selmons' parents Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor that presented the award.





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