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Lee Roy Selmon's life is one of football scholarship, family service and community involvement. His first family is that Selmon is the eldest of the nine children raised in Eufala with Lucious Selmon. A second reason was his father was the only of three brothers to play with Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi award as the top lineman in America. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. Also, they won two national championships. The National Football Foundation named him a Scholar-Athlete for the third time in 1975. Selmon earned a degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week throughout his college years. After graduation, he moved into Tampa and played nine seasons with Tampa's Buccaneers. He made the All-Pro 3 times. After that, he began his professional career. The year 1988 was the first time he began working as an Account Relation Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for 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 recognized Lee Roy as being among Ten of America's top young males. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and was a tall of 6-2. In his time at college, he was the captain of the team of 1975. In 1993, he was appointed the associate director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma was the person who presented the award.