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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football with volunteer work in the community. One of the first things he did is to help the Selmon family. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children in a Eufala farm. In football, he played with three of his brothers from Oklahoma. 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 is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for across the country. During his three-year tenure as Oklahoma's starting quarterback, the Sooners went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in 1975. Selmon received a diploma in education. Fourth service In the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. After graduation, he landed in Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers played the all-pro 3 times, and began his business career. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relations officer at Tampa's First Florida Bank. He was also a part of the following organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. He was no surprise that In 1982, The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy one of 10 outstanding youngsters across the nation. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and was a tall of 6'2 inches. While he was in for college, he was the head coach of the 1975 team. In 1993 he was appointed as associate director at the University of South Florida. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into an appearance in 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 gave the Distinguished American Award to his parents Mr. and Mrs.. Lucious Selmon Sr. The award was presented by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.