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Lee Roy Selmon's story is a mix of the football scholarship of his family and service to the community. One of the first things he did is to help his relatives. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. The family raised nine kids on a Eufala farm. The Selmons were also among the three siblings that represented Oklahoma on the field of football. Three of them were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy received the Outland & Lombardi Awards for being the most effective lineman in the US. Over the course of three seasons, Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. In his role as a National Football Foundation Scholarship-Athlete, Selmon received the opportunity to receive a scholarship in his third time in 1975. Selmon earned his degree in education. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week while he attended college. He moved to Tampa after graduation, and was a member of the Buccaneers for nine years and played three times in the all-pro league. His business career began. His first job was as a Account Relations Officer with First Florida Bank, Tampa. He has worked in the past for 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 one of the 10 of the most notable young men. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in height and weighed 256 pounds when he was a student athlete. He captained the 1975 team. Lee Roy joined the University of South Florida in 1993 as the assistant director of sports. He was named associate director of athletics by the College Football Hall of Fame was named for the player in the year 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame, in 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame In 1995. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation awarded its Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon, Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.





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