Ron Burton Sr. was the New England Patriot‘s first draft pick ever. He grew up in Springfield, Ohio where he started running “[f]ive days a week, seven miles a day, 4:30 a.m.” to make his high school football team. Ron Burton Sr. became a high school All-American; earned 47 scholarships to major colleges and universities around the country; attended Big Ten’s, Northwestern University.
Mr. Burton founded the Ron Burton Training Village in Hubbardston, MA as a way to give back and “to reach out and help kids in the Boston and New England area. The goal was to reach the meek and downtrodden. RBTV exists to assist in the growth of the children who appear to have no chance; and let them know that there are people who care specifically about their plight; and that there is a light at the end of a seemingly endless tunnel of darkness.”