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Lee Roy Selmon's history combines the benefits of football scholarship with volunteering for the community. In the first place Selmon was brought up with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie. They lived on a farm near Eufala located in Oklahoma as one of their nine children. He was also one of three siblings that represented Oklahoma in football. Three of them were All-Americans. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the starters for one year. Lee Roy received the Outland and Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the US. He won two championships and 32-1-1 in his three seasons as Oklahoma's main man. He was awarded a third scholarship in 1975, and was designated an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon obtained his diploma in education. Lee Roy was involved in volunteer work ten hour per week while he attended college. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers for nine seasons, and eventually became an all-pro. He also began an entrepreneurial career. He was an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked in these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. This is why the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated him as one of the 10 most notable young men across the nation. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing 256 pounds. He coached his university team in the year 1975. In 1993, he was appointed the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. The Selmons' parents Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.