Lee

Lee Roy Selmon's life story blends the virtues of family football scholarship with community service. Selmon is the youngest of children from Lucious Selmon, and Jessie Selmon. Both had him raised on their family farm near Eufala. In second football, he was the third brother who were players for Oklahoma. Three of them made All-America. They made the All-America team in 1973. Lee Roy and Lucious Jr. Dewey were the first-teamers for a single season. Lee Roy won the Outland and Lombardi Awards as the nation's finest lineman. Oklahoma has won two National Championships throughout the three years he was a player of the team. He was awarded his third scholarship and was awarded the title of the National Football Foundation scholar-athlete. Selmon received a degree in Education. Lee Roy dedicated ten volunteer hours per week during the college. After graduation, he relocated to Tampa where he played nine years with the Buccaneers and was an all-pro 3 times and started a business career. By 1988 he had become an Account Representative for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked in these organizations: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute in the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. No wonder that in 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce named him as one of the United States' the top 10 most promising young males. Lee Roy was 6'2" tall and weighed 265 pounds when he played college football. In 1975, he led the team. He joined as a director at University of South Florida as an associate director of athletics. The university named him to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988. He was also named to the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1994 the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995. In 1989 the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation presented its Distinguished American Award Mr. Lucious Sr. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.