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Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the virtues of family football scholarship with volunteering for the community. One of the first things he did is to help his familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children in a Eufala farm. In football, he played alongside three brothers in Oklahoma. All three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey, Lee Roy, and Lucious Jr. Dewey started the 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. In three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy serving as their starting line-up. The team also took home 2 national titles. In 1975, he received the third scholarship of his career and was named the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon earned his degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours per week volunteering throughout his time at college. Following college, he moved to Tampa playing nine years for the Buccaneers was all-pro three times and started a business career. The year 1988 was the first time he began working as an Account Relations Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for the 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. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being among the top 10 youths of the United States. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and was a tall of 6'2 inches. While he was in college, he was the captain of the 1975 team. In 1993, he became the athletic director's assistant at the University of South Florida. He has been inducted in the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave the Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. The award ceremony was conducted by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.