Lee

Lee Roy Selmon has a background that is a combination of family scholarships football and volunteer work in the community. His first family is that he's the youngest out of the nine children raised within Eufala with Lucious Selmon. In second football, he was one of three brothers who were players for Oklahoma. The three brothers were all All-America. One year 1973 Lucious Jr. Dewey and Lee Roy were starters. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award as well as the Lombardi Award as the nation's best lineman. During his three-year tenure as the Oklahoma's quarterback of choice and Sooners' starting quarterback, they went 32-1-1 and won two national titles. Third scholarship he was named an National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon received a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Lee Roy was involved in voluntary work for 10 hours a week during his time at college. He settled down in Tampa after college, played with the Buccaneers for a period of nine years, and was three-times all-pro. His career in business began. He was an Account Relations Officer for Tampa's First Florida Bank and worked on the following groups: Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute on the Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. In 1982, the Junior Chamber of Commerce honored Lee Roy in 1982 for being one of the top 10 youths of the United States. 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 team of 1975. In 1993 he joined the University of South Florida as associate director of athletics. In 1988, he was voted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He also made an appearance in the GTE Academic All-America Hall of Fame as well as the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His parents, Lucious as well as Mary Selmon, Jr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon is the Oklahoma governor who made this presentation.