Lee
Lee Roy Selmon's existence includes football scholarship, family service as well as community involvement. The first line of his family was that he's the youngest out of the nine children raised within Eufala through Lucious Selmon. Second football he was the third brother who played for Oklahoma. All three brothers were All-Americans. Lucious Jr. Dewey was one of the starters for the entire 1973 season. Lee Roy has won both the Outland Award and the Lombardi award as the best lineman in the country. In the three years that Roy was a starter, Oklahoma won two National Championships. Third scholarship he was named an National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1975. Selmon is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a degree in education. Lee Roy's fourth volunteer service was ten-hours per week in volunteer work during college. Following college, he moved to Tampa played nine years with the Buccaneers was an all-pro three times before beginning an entrepreneurial career. The first job he had was an Account Relations Manager at First Florida Bank, Tampa. In the past, he worked on the Special Olympics Easter Seals Baptist Church Ronald McDonald House United Negro College Fund South Florida Institute Black Life Hall of Fame Bowl Committee. There was no doubt that the year 1982 was when The Junior Chamber of Commerce named Lee Roy among the top 10 outstanding youngsters across the nation. Lee Roy, a 6-2-inch larger and weighing the hefty 256 pounds at college when he was an athlete, was captain of his team for the year 1975. He joined his current position at University of South Florida as the associate director of athletics. He was named 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. His parents, Lucious and Mary Selmon Sr. received the Distinguished American Award in 1989 from the Oklahoma City Chapter National Football Foundation. Henry Bellmon was the Oklahoma Governor who presented this award.





Comments
Post a Comment