Lee

Lee Roy Selmon's story combines the benefits of football scholarship with community service. He is the youngest child of Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon. They raised him on their farm in Eufala. He played second in football and was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey & Lee Roy started for one season in 1973. Lee Roy is the winner of both Outland Awards and Lombardi Awards. He was the top lineman for across the country. He was awarded two championships as well as the score was 32-1-1 over his three seasons as the Oklahoma's starting linebacker. He received a third scholarship in 1975, and was designated an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned a degree in education. Lee Roy spent ten hours a week on volunteer work in his college days. Following college, he moved to Tampa and played for nine seasons with the Buccaneers played the all-pro 3 times, and began a business career. In 1988, he worked as an Account Relations Officer for First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for 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. There's no surprise that The Junior Chamber of Commerce designated Lee Roy as among the top 10 young men across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch taller and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was player, commanded his team throughout 1975. In 1993, he was appointed the assistant director of Athletics at the University of South Florida. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, and the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. His parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon, the governor of Oklahoma presented it.