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Lee Roy Selmon blends the advantages of a scholarship to football in his family and volunteering in the community. The first time, he was brought up with Lucious and Jessie Selmon on an agricultural property near Eufala in Oklahoma as the youngest of their nine children. Two football. He is one of the three brothers that participated in the football team of Oklahoma. Three brothers were All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award for being the top lineman in America. The three years he was an offensive lineman, Oklahoma went 32- 1-1 and also won two championships at the national level. A third scholarship saw him named a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's diploma from the University of California, Berkeley. Lee Roy's fourth volunteer service included ten hours per week as a volunteer in the college. Following graduation Lee Roy relocating to Tampa where he spent nine years playing with the Buccaneers. There were three times, he was named All-Pro. Lee Roy began his professional career. The first position he held was a Account Relations Officer with First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked previously for 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 honored his name in 1982, as one of the top 10 youths in the US. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing more than 256 pounds when he played in the college level as an athlete, was captain of his team during the season of 1975. In 1993 he joined his current position at University of South Florida as associate director of athletics. Selmon has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1995, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented an award of the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.





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