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Lee Roy Selmon's tale combines football scholarships for his family and service to the community. First, the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children on a Eufala farm. Second football he was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. The year was 1973. Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's best lineman. He won two championships and 32-1-1 in his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him a Scholar-Athlete for the third time in 1975. Selmon received a degree in Education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during the college. He settled down in Tampa after college, played with the Buccaneers for nine years and was three-times all-pro. His business career began. The year 1988 was the first time he worked as an Account Relations Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It was not a surprise when, in 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of 10 young stars throughout the United States. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He played for the team of 1975. In 1993 he joined his current position at University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.