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Lee Roy Selmon's story is a mix of the football scholarship of his parents and commitment to the community. The first time, he was raised by Lucious Selmon and Jessie on their Eufala farm. He was their youngest of nine kids. The Selmons were also among the three brothers who played for Oklahoma in football. They were all All-Americans. A year later, in 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the country. Through his three seasons as Oklahoma's main linebacker they went three-and-a-half and won two championships. In 1975, he received his third scholarship. He was awarded the title of an National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout the course of his college. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers were all-pro three times, before beginning a new business career. The year 1988 was the first time he started working as an Account Relation Officer in the First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed with the 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. There's no doubt that he was named one of the top 10 notable young men of the nation in 1982 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. In his student days, Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighed about 256 lbs. He played for his school's team in 1975. In 1993, he was a part of as a director at University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. In 1988 the year he was a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. The award presentation was given by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.





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