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Lee Roy Selmon's life is a combination of football scholarship, family work and community involvement. His first family is that his father was the youngest of nine kids raised in Eufala through Lucious Selmon. In football, he was with his three brothers in Oklahoma. Three of them were All-Americans. In 1973, Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy was named the most offensive lineman in the nation by the Outland and Lombardi Awards. Over the course of three seasons, Roy was on the field, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Third scholarship he was named as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree as a teacher. Fourth service In college Lee Roy devoted ten hours per week to volunteer projects. In Tampa, he played for the Buccaneers nine seasons and became an all-pro. Also, he began a career in business. He began his career in 1988. worked as an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He was employed by the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute and the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. So it's not surprising that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of America's top 10 young men. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 7-foot-2. While he was in college, he was the captain of the 1975 team. In 1993, Roy joined at the University of South Florida's athletic department as the Director of Athletics as an associate. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame by the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994, as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. His parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Jr. have been awarded the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.





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