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Lee Roy Selmon's tale combines football scholarships for his family and service to his community. One of the first things he did is to help his relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. He and his wife raised nine children in a Eufala farm. In football, he was with three of his brothers from Oklahoma. Three brothers all made All-Americans. The year 1973 was the first time Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the players for one season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. During his three-year tenure as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice, the Sooners went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree from the University of California in Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week throughout his college years. After college he settled in Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers played an all-pro three times before beginning his business career. In 1988, he was an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: 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 Lee Roy as one of the top 10 young men in the country. 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 was appointed assistant director of the University of South Florida. He was named associate director of athletics by the College Football Hall of Fame was named for the player in the year 1988. 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 presented their Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor, who awarded this award.