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Lee Roy Selmon's story is a mix of football scholarship for his family and service to his community. The first is his familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. The family raised nine kids on a Eufala farm. Two, football. He is among the three brothers that were players for Oklahoma. The three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy was named the most offensive lineman in the United States by Outland as well as Lombardi Awards. During his three-year tenure as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice, the Sooners went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours every week in volunteer work in his college days. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers were an all-pro three times before beginning an entrepreneurial 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. So it's not surprising that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the country's most outstanding young men. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing 256 pounds in college as a player, captained his team throughout 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the university of south Fla's athletic department as its Director of Athletics as an associate. In 1988, Selmon was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. In addition, he was inducted into an appearance in the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.