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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and social service. The first family is his youngest of nine children of Lucious and Jessie Semon who grew up on the farm of Eufala, Oklahoma. In second football, he was the third brother who were players for Oklahoma. All three made All-America. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the best lineman in the nation. During his three seasons as the Oklahoma's starting line-up they went 33-1-1, and picked up two championships. A third scholarship saw him named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer times a week in college. After graduating, he settled in Tampa playing nine years for the Buccaneers played all-pro three times, before beginning a new business career. In 1988 he became an account representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also involved with these associations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There's no doubt that it was a surprise to hear that he was voted one of the 10 most notable young men across the United States in 1982 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in 1982. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighs 256 pounds. He was a captain on his college team in 1975. He was named the associate director of athletics at the University of South Florida, in 1993. In 1988 his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into it into the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He and his parents Lucious and Mary Selmon. were awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. The award ceremony was conducted by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.