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Lee Roy Selmon has a tradition that blends family scholarship football and volunteer work in the community. His family's first name is Selmon is the eldest of nine kids raised by Eufala through Lucious Selmon. He played second in football and was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy was named the most offensive lineman in the country by Outland as well as Lombardi Awards. For three years, Oklahoma was 32-1-1 with Roy as the starter. Also, they won 2 national titles. Selmon was honored when the National Football Foundation named him a Scholar-Athlete for the third time in 1975. Selmon obtained a degree as a teacher. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers played an all-pro three times before beginning a business career. In 1988, as an account liaison officer for First Florida Bank of Tampa He was a member of the 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 being among 10 of America's most outstanding young males. As a student, Lee Roy was 6-2 and was weighing 256 pounds. He coached his university team in the year 1975. In 1993, Roy was a part of the university of south Fla's athletic department as assistant director. 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 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.