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Lee Roy Selmon's lifestyle is one of football scholarship, family work and community involvement. In the first place, he was raised by Lucious as well as Jessie Selmon on a farm near Eufala in Oklahoma as the eldest of the nine children they had. A second reason was he is the youngest of three brothers to play for Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was a starter for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards as well as Lombardi Awards. He was one of the top linemen in across the country. For the three seasons that Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. The National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in the year 1975. Selmon has a bachelor's degree in educational studies. Lee Roy's fourth time of service included ten hours per week as a volunteer in college. After graduation, Lee Roy settled in Tampa and spent the next 9 years with Tampa's Buccaneers. Three times he was named an All-Pro. He began his business career. In 1988, as an account relations officer at First Florida Bank of Tampa, he worked with Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as one of the 10 of America's most outstanding young men. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighed about 256 pounds. He coached his university team in the year 1975. In 1993, he joined the University of South Florida's sports department as the associate director. In 1993, the College Football Hall of Fame named his as a member in the year 1998. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame, in 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave their Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor that made the award.





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