Lee

Lee Roy Selmon's tale combines the football scholarship of his family as well as service to the community. He was the youngest son from Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Semon. They raised him on the farm they owned in Eufala. In football, he was with three of his brothers from Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-America. Lucious Jr. Dewey was a starter for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi Award as the best lineman in the country. For the three seasons that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. He received a third scholarship in 1975. He was also named as an National Football Foundation Student-Athlete. Selmon earned a degree as a teacher. Lee Roy's fourth time of service consisted of ten hours a week in volunteer work during the college. He settled down in Tampa after graduation, and playing for the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and played three times in the all-pro league. The business venture he started began. In 1988, while working as an account representative at First Florida Bank of Tampa He was a member of the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. It's no wonder in 1982 the Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy as one of America's 10 outstanding young males. Lee Roy stood 6-2 in size and weighed in at 256 pounds in his college days. He played for the team of 1975. In 1993 he joined the University of South Florida as associate director of athletics. In 1993, the College Football Hall of Fame named the player as a member in the year the year 1988. GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame In 1994. Pro Football Hall of Fame In 1995. In 1989, the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented their Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Jr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.