A dream shattered by tragedy
In his memory, a book Through the Eyes of a Champion: The Brandon Burlsworth Story was published in 2001. |
Whether it was in Fayetteville, or in Knoxville or Tuscaloosa, we had an unspoken rule: We were going to Brandon’s games. Marty Burlsworth. But that summer Brandon had two things going for him: His work ethic and, luckily, a pretty big growth spurt.“Dang, Marty, what have you been feedin’ that boy?”He spent as many days as he could in the weight room getting stronger. At the point when he showed up, he saw the rear of a white vehicle that he from the start thought was Brandon's. It had this outdoor patio that you could stand on and look down on the field. He called to check in a couple of times. That’s the dream. And for the next three years, every Friday at 5:30 p.m., I’d close up the photography studio I owned in Harrison, pick up my mom, and my wife and kids, and drive to Brandon’s football games. This late player’s net worth is estimated at around $1 million. By Marty Burlsworth.
Then we looked to the TV: Brandon’s picture came up on the screen and they were calling his name from the podium. ''Said Brown, ``He's put on a high pedestal, and he's going to be taken care of. ``The only way I could explain Burls is from the outhouse to the penthouse, and he was knocking on the penthouse door. It’ll be real cool.”And then he walked out and there it was: BURLSWORTH.After the season, over the holidays, we got a call. ''Burlsworth, 22, was a third-round draft choice (63rd overall) of the Indianapolis Colts just two weeks ago and he and his brother and agent, Marty Burlsworth, were negotiating a contract.``He had a lot of plans,'' said Brown, a native of Bristow and now a Tulsa resident.
Barbara Burlsworth has been in real estate since 1997. I kept gaming out who was left.Finally, in the third round Brandon answered the phone and gave us the thumbs-up. In 2007, she and her son Marty ventured out to open Burlsworth and Associates. But as I turned the next corner onto Mom’s street and pulled up to her house, I got a good look at the car.
''Funeral services will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at the gymnasium at Harrison High School.
It was my dream, too, and I sure worked hard at it. Some of his teammates have since told me how red his face would be during practice, how hard he went, how he never gave up.Brandon didn’t dress the first two games of his freshman season, but we found out that he’d be on the field for the third. Brandon Vaughn Burlsworth (September 20, 1976 – April 28, 1999) was an offensive lineman for the Arkansas Razorbacks football team from 1995 to 1998. As we walked by one of the pro shops, we joked to each other.When we got back home to Harrison, the day of the draft was just filled with anxiety. He was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the 3rd round of the 1999 NFL draft, but sadly, after eleven days, he was involved in a road accident. Two buses of Razorbacks players arrived. At the point when he hadn't shown up by 4, Brandon's brother, Marty got a concerned call from his mother and went to her home. He graduated last December, in just 4-1/2 years, with a master's degree in business administration.At the annual college scouting combine last February, he ran the fastest 40-yard dash of any offensive lineman (4.88 seconds) and had the second-best vertical jump (31 inches).
He never even got to wear his Citrus Bowl ring.
“I’m sure he just got stuck in traffic, or maybe ran out of gas. ``He was the local star.
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