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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and volunteer work in the community. Selmon is the youngest of children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie Semon. They raised him on the family farm near Eufala. Two, football. He is one of the three brothers that were players for Oklahoma. All three became All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy was named the top offensive lineman in country by Outland as well as Lombardi Awards. During his three-year tenure as Oklahoma's starting quarterback, the Sooners went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. In 1975, Selmon was awarded his third scholarship, and was named a National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned a degree from the University of California at Berkeley. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during the college. After graduation, Lee Roy settled in Tampa where he spent 9 years with the Buccaneers. Three times, he was named an All-Pro. Lee Roy began his professional career. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relations officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also a part of the following organisations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982 The Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as one of the 10 of America's most outstanding young males. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing 256 pounds. He was captain of his college team in 1975. In 1993, he was appointed the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1993 by his fellow members of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 as well as by The Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. His parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma gave it to them.





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