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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football with volunteering for the community. He was the youngest son of Lucious Selmon and Jessie Selmon. They took care of him at the family farm near Eufala. Two, football. He is one of the three brothers that were players for Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award for being the nation's best lineman. Over the course of three seasons, Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In 1975, he was awarded the third scholarship of his career and was named an National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a degree as a teacher. Lee Roy's fourth volunteer service was ten-hours per week of volunteer time in college. After college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine years with Tampa's Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro 3 times. Then he started his career. By 1988, he became an Account Relation Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also a part of the following organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youths from the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as a player, captained his team for the year 1975. In 1993 he was appointed as associate director at the University of South Florida. The College Football Hall of Fame was named for 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 Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor, who awarded this award.
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