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Lee Roy Selmon's story is a mix of football scholarships for his family as well as service in the local community. He is the youngest child of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Semon. They raised him on the farm they owned in Eufala. In football, he was with his three brothers from Oklahoma. The three brothers all made All-America. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy was named the best offensive lineman in the nation by the Outland as well as Lombardi Awards. For the three seasons that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. He received a third scholarship in 1975. He was also named as a National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned a degree from the university of California, Berkeley. Fourth-year service in the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. He settled down in Tampa after graduation, and playing for the Buccaneers for nine years and was three-times all-pro. His business career began. His first job was as a Account Relations Officer with First Florida Bank, Tampa. He has worked on 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 was not a surprise when In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of ten outstanding young people throughout the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing 256 pounds in college as an athlete, was captain of his team for the year 1975. He was promoted to the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The same year, he also was a part of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Oklahoma City Chapter of the National Football Foundation in 1989 presented its Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor that made the award.





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