Lee

Lee Roy Selmon's story combines the benefits of football scholarship and volunteering for the community. His first family is that Selmon is the eldest of nine kids who were raised within Eufala through Lucious Selmon. Also, he was one of three siblings that represented Oklahoma in football. The three brothers were all All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's top lineman. For the three seasons that Roy played as a player, Oklahoma won two National Championships. The third scholarship was awarded to him. He was as a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon earned a degree as an educator. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer times a week in his time in college. In Tampa the Buccaneers, he was a player for the Buccaneers for nine seasons, and eventually became an all-pro. Additionally, he started a career in business. In 1988, he was working as an Account Relation Officer at First Florida Bank in Tampa. He worked for 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. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored him in 1982 as being one of the top 10 youths in the US. Lee Roy weighed 256 lbs and stood at a height of 6'2 inches. While he was in college, he commanded the team of 1975. In 1993, Roy joined the University of South Fla's athletic department as Director of Athletics as an associate. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame since 1988. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation gave its Distinguished American Award, to Mr. Lucious Selmon and his wife. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.