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Lee Roy Selmon's story is a mix of the football scholarship of his parents and a commitment in the local community. First of all Selmon was brought up with Lucious Semon and his wife Jessie. They lived on a farm near Eufala within Oklahoma as the eldest of the nine children they had. Two, football. He is among three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the top lineman from the USA. For the three seasons that Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. A third scholarship saw him named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received his bachelor's degree in education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer time per week throughout the college. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. Also, he began an entrepreneurial career. The first job he had was an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked on the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder that Lee Roy was honored when the Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as one of the 10 most notable young men across the nation. When he was a student Lee Roy was 6-2 and weighed about 256 pounds. He coached his university team in 1975. In 1993, he was named assistant director of the University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame by his fellow members of the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame of 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame of 1995. The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon the Governor of Oklahoma presented the award.





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