for students from his hometown in Meigs County. He was also a trustee for another local college, The University of Rio Grande. Dave Diles died on December 29, 2009, after a long battle with cancer which caused him to have a stroke. He was 78 years old. Diles’ hometown named a park after him. The Dave Diles Park is named in his honor located in his hometown of Middleport Ohio, along the banks of the Ohio River. Meigs County is unrecognized by the sponsors at Ohio History Central to some degree. In published accounts of Israel Putnam of the Ohio Company and Revolutionary War officer, his land holdings (Rutledge and Bedford Townships), in Ohio are ignored. Not as famous as his family member Rufus Putnam certainly, but worth a footnote at least in the post Revolutionary War period through the Civil War. References 1931 births 2009 deaths American sports journalists People from Middleport, Ohio Ohio University alumni National Basketball Association broadcasters College football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States Olympic Games broadcasters Golf writers and broadcasters Los Angeles Clippers announcers Detroit Pistons announcers National Football League announcers Detroit Lions announcers Bowling broadcasters Motorsport announcers Track and field broadcasters Deaths from cancer in Ohio Major League Baseball broadcasters