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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football and volunteering for the community. First family, he's the youngest of the nine children of Lucious Selmon and Jessie. The family lived on a farm at Eufala, Oklahoma. In football, he was with his three brothers for Oklahoma. All three became All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was an All-Star for the whole 1973 season. Lee Roy was named the top offensive lineman in nation by the Outland and Lombardi Awards. Over the course of three seasons, Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree from the university of California at Berkeley. Fourth year of the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours every week for volunteer activities. After college, he moved to Tampa and played nine years with Tampa's Buccaneers. He was an All-Pro for three occasions. He then began his professional career. He was hired in 1988 as an Account Relations officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank. He also worked with 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. This is why the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as among the 10 most notable young men in the country. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighed about 256 pounds. He was captain of his college team in the year 1975. In 1993, he became the athletic director's assistant at University of South Florida. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, and then the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded the Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.