Ron Hill, MBE, BSc, PhD (b. September 25, 1938, in Accrington, Lancashire, England), is the founder of Ronhill and Hilly Clothing Company, makers of performance apparel, and the second man ever to break two hours and ten minutes in the marathon (after Derek Clayton). Hill set world records at four other distances, but never laid claim to the marathon world record. He has run three Olympic Marathons (Tokyo 1964, Mexico 1968 and Munich 1972), and has a personal marathon record of 2:09:28. In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon in a course record 2:10:30. During the 1970s, he also won gold medals at the European Championships and Commonwealth Games..