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Lee Roy Selmon has a history that combines family scholarship football and volunteering for the community. First family, he's the youngest of the nine children of Lucious the Jessie and Lucious Selmon. They grew up on a farm at Eufala, Oklahoma. Two soccer. He was one of the three brothers that were players for Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy was named the most offensive lineman in the United States by Outland as well as Lombardi Awards. He won two championships and the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as Oklahoma's starter. He was awarded a third scholarship in 1975 and named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the university of California in Berkeley. Fourth service In the college Lee Roy devoted ten hours each week on volunteer work. Following graduation Lee Roy relocating to Tampa and spent the next nine years playing with Tampa's Buccaneers. There were three times, he was named an All-Pro. Then he began his business career. By 1988 he had become an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked with these groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. The Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being one of the top 10 young men of the United States. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as player, commanded his team for the year 1975. He joined University of South Florida in 1993 as the assistant director of sports. Selmon has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989 The Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.





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