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Lee Roy Selmon's story combines family football scholarship with community service. The first is the Selmon familial. Lucious Selmon was the father of Jessie Selmon. They raised nine children on an Eufala farm. Two, football. He is one of the three brothers that played for Oklahoma. All three 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 years as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice and Sooners' starting quarterback, they went 32-1-1 and captured two national titles. In 1975, the National Football Foundation named him as a Scholar-Athlete three times time in the year 1975. Selmon received a diploma in education. Lee Roy's fourth service consisted of ten hours a week of volunteer time in college. In Tampa where he played, he joined the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. He also began an entrepreneurial career. In 1988, while working 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. In 1982 The Junior Chamber of Commerce recognized Lee Roy as one of the 10 of the most notable young males. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was a player, captained his team throughout 1975. He was promoted to the assistant director of Athletics at University of South Florida. In 1993, the College Football Hall of Fame was named for him as a member in the year 1998. 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 the Distinguished American Award for 1989 to Lucious Selmon Sr. The award ceremony was conducted by Henry Bellmon govenor of Oklahoma.