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Lee Roy Selmon has a background that is a combination of family scholarships football with volunteering for the community. The first is the Selmon familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children on an Eufala farm. Another reason for his football career was that his father was the only of three brothers who played with Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the first-teamers for the entire year. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's most effective lineman. During his three-year tenure as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice and Sooners' starting quarterback, they went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. In 1975, the National Football Foundation named him an Scholar-Athlete for the 3rd time in 1975. Selmon was awarded a degree from Education. Lee Roy's fourth time of service was ten-hours per week of volunteer time in the college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons before becoming an all-pro. Also, he began his career in the field of business. In 1988, while working as an account liaison officer for First Florida Bank of Tampa and worked for the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youths from the United States. While a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing 256 pounds. He was captain of his college team in 1975. He was promoted to the athletic director's assistant at University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame through the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma awarded it.