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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family and volunteering in the community. First, his family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. The family raised nine kids on an Eufala farm. The Selmons were also among the three siblings that represented Oklahoma on the field of football. The three brothers were all All-America. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi award as the nation's best lineman. He won two championships and 32-1-1 in his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. In 1975, he was awarded the third scholarship of his career and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work during his college years. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Also, he began his career in the field of business. In 1988, as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa He was a member of the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him one of the nation's 10 outstanding young men. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6-2. When he was playing for college, he was the head coach of the team of 1975. In 1993, he became the assistant director of Athletics at University of South Florida. He was inducted into 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. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.