  The seed for the creation of the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame was planted by local sporting goods entrepreneur Bob Zide during a business trip to Syracuse, New York. The Syracuse Sports Hall of Fame is housed at the Syracuse airport. It caught Zide's eye as he passed through the airport headed to his destination.Not long after that, Zide was in Dayton OH for a sporting goods show. At the convention center where the event was held was the display for the Dayton Sports Hall of Fame."I thought it would be kind of neat if we had something like that in the Mid-Ohio Valley," Zide said. Zide, Scala, Poe and Daugherty then met to lay down the initial guidelines for the project. The first step was to put together a list of men and women who would serve on the Hall of Fame committee. Once that was accomplished, the expanded group - including individuals representing all seven counties in the Hall's coverage area - put together the by-laws and induction criteria for the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame. The Hall's induction classes represent the cream of the crop of the area's rich sports history. |
Famous West Virginians....
Bob Zide, who operated Zide's Sport Shop in Marietta, held the 1983 patent on a type of shock absorbing mount for football helmets that protects wearers from severe shocks and prevents severe deformation of the helmet shell. He was active behind the scenes in helping promote area athletic programs, including the Marietta Bantam Baseball League, and he founded the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame. Zide lived in Williamstown, W. Va. He died in 2003 at age 68.
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Bob Zide Memorial ScholarshipBob Zide was born in Marietta in 1935. He graduated from Mountain State College, and was a member of the St. Mary’s Catholic Church and Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce. Bob was the founder and owner of Zide’s Sport Shop, which was established in 1958. It grew to become one of the largest sporting goods team dealers in the country and was the first team dealer in the country to set up a football helmet fitting program.
Bob held a total of eight patents for athletic equipment. He was honored in February of 2003 by the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association for improving the safety of young athletes. He was also responsible for the creation of the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame, and he worked to promote the enjoyment of athletics, and the safety and performance potential of the athlete.
Bob passed away at the age of 68 in 2003. The Bob Zide Memorial Scholarship was established in his memory, and supports students in the counties of Washington and Noble in Ohio and Wood, Jackson, Pleasants and Ritchie in West Virginia to pursue their higher educational goals.
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Bob Zide Inducted into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association
Zide's Sports Shop founded by Bob Zide
Do you have an article about Bob that you would like to share on this page? If so, submit it to:
Don Ullmann, Secretary Treasurer
Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Box 11
Belle Valley OH 43717
E-mail: movshoff@gmail.com
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In Memoriam
STEVE DAUGHERTY
Steve Daugherty was an original founder of the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame.
See an excerpt from Our Story below:
"Zide contacted Parkersburg sportswriters Nick Scala and Dave Poe, along with local sports radio personality, Steve Daugherty, to talk about the idea of establishing a sports shrine for the Mid-Ohio Valley. Then, while all four were at the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission offices for a state football playoff meeting in November of 1996, initial plans for the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame were set in motion.
Zide, Scala, Poe and Daugherty then met to lay down the initial guidelines for the project. The first step was to put together a list of men and women who would serve on the Hall of Fame committee."
Steven Allen "Duffy" Daugherty, 56 the "Voice of the Big Reds" died Sunday, September 6, 2009 at West Virginia Medical Center in Morgantown, WV. He was born in Parkersburg on November 21, 1952 and was the son of the late Lloyd Raymond and Elinor Mae Payne Daugherty. He was a 1970 graduate of Parkersburg High School and had attended Fairmont College and WVU. He had worked in the Mid Ohio Valley and was currently working as a sport caster for Clear Channel and was known to the valley as the "Voice of the Big Reds" Survivors include his daughter Lindsey Hakim-Ilahi and her husband Arian of Morgantown, WV. his brother Michael G. Daugherty and wife Susan of Williamstown, WV., a brother in law Carl Hornish of Parkersburg, nephew Mark Hornish, two nieces, Heather Jones, Kristin Daugherty and a great niece Shada Hornish. His was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister Judith Ann Hornish. Memorial Services will be held on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Parkersburg High School Auditorium at 4:00 PM. The family will be at the Parkersburg High School Auditorium on Sunday from 2 till 4 PM to greet friends.
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DICK THOMAS
In Memory of Dick Thomas
1936-2009
Bob held a total of eight patents for athletic equipment. He was honored in February of 2003 by the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association for improving the safety of young athletes. He was also responsible for the creation of the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame, and he worked to promote the enjoyment of athletics, and the safety and performance potential of the athlete.
Bob passed away at the age of 68 in 2003. The Bob Zide Memorial Scholarship was established in his memory, and supports students in the counties of Washington and Noble in Ohio and Wood, Jackson, Pleasants and Ritchie in West Virginia to pursue their higher educational goals.
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Bob Zide Inducted into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Association
Zide's Sports Shop founded by Bob Zide
Do you have an article about Bob that you would like to share on this page? If so, submit it to:
Don Ullmann, Secretary Treasurer
Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame
Box 11
Belle Valley OH 43717
E-mail: movshoff@gmail.com
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In Memoriam
STEVE DAUGHERTYSteve Daugherty was an original founder of the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame.
See an excerpt from Our Story below:
"Zide contacted Parkersburg sportswriters Nick Scala and Dave Poe, along with local sports radio personality, Steve Daugherty, to talk about the idea of establishing a sports shrine for the Mid-Ohio Valley. Then, while all four were at the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission offices for a state football playoff meeting in November of 1996, initial plans for the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame were set in motion.
Zide, Scala, Poe and Daugherty then met to lay down the initial guidelines for the project. The first step was to put together a list of men and women who would serve on the Hall of Fame committee."
Steven Allen "Duffy" Daugherty, 56 the "Voice of the Big Reds" died Sunday, September 6, 2009 at West Virginia Medical Center in Morgantown, WV. He was born in Parkersburg on November 21, 1952 and was the son of the late Lloyd Raymond and Elinor Mae Payne Daugherty. He was a 1970 graduate of Parkersburg High School and had attended Fairmont College and WVU. He had worked in the Mid Ohio Valley and was currently working as a sport caster for Clear Channel and was known to the valley as the "Voice of the Big Reds" Survivors include his daughter Lindsey Hakim-Ilahi and her husband Arian of Morgantown, WV. his brother Michael G. Daugherty and wife Susan of Williamstown, WV., a brother in law Carl Hornish of Parkersburg, nephew Mark Hornish, two nieces, Heather Jones, Kristin Daugherty and a great niece Shada Hornish. His was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister Judith Ann Hornish. Memorial Services will be held on Sunday, September 13, 2009 at the Parkersburg High School Auditorium at 4:00 PM. The family will be at the Parkersburg High School Auditorium on Sunday from 2 till 4 PM to greet friends.
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DICK THOMAS
In Memory of Dick Thomas
1936-2009
The late Dick Thomas, Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame Committee Member, is pictured with MOVSH of F President, Buddy James, receiving a Certificate of Honor for Degussa Engineered Carbons. Through Dick's efforts, Degussa International was a Gold Table Sponsor for the Banquet of 2008.
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BENNY STUMP
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BENNY STUMP
BENNETT ‘Benny’ STUMP
Bennett “Benny” Stump, 83, of Parkersburg, died Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at Eagle Pointe Care Center.
He was born in Stumptown, the son of the late Clarence and Minnie Bennett Stump.
He was a 1939 graduate of Normantown High School and 1947 graduate of Glenville State College. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1942-45. He was a football, basketball and baseball official for 40 years. He was a lifetime member of BPOE 198 Lodge and chairman of the Parkersburg “Geritol Gang” Breakfast Club that meets weekly. He was inducted into the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame, was a four-year member of Parkersburg City Council, and retired with 30 years of service from Aerolite Corp., Marietta. He was a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Parkersburg.
Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Mary Garrett Stump; three daughters, Sue Conger of Parkersburg, Margaret Mowery of Phoenix, Ariz., and Kay Stump of Bradenton, Fla.; three grandchildren; and three nieces.
He was preceded in death by two brothers.
Services were held at Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg, with Dr. Kurt Busiek officiating. Burial was in Sunset Memory Gardens.
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Carl Allen “Mike” Hendricks, 75 of St. Marys, WV, died, Wednesday, December 27th, at the Genesis Sistersville Center. He was born, September 1, 1936, in Sistersville, WV, a son of the late J. E. and Audra Hendricks. He was a 1954 graduate of Sistersville High School and played on the 1953 State Champion Tiger Football Team. He attended Marietta College in 1956.
In his earlier years he had various vocations, including employment with the former Sistersville Dairy in 1955, the former Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company in 1956, and Union Carbide from 1956 to 1957. He retired in 1995 from American Cyanamid as Senior Raw Material Buyer.
He had many accomplishments. He was the longest sitting St. Marys Council member serving for over 32 years, was a Little League Baseball Coach from 1961 to 1966, where his teams won the city championship three out of five years. His football teams that he coached went undefeated for four years a total of 24 games. He was a member of the Ohio WV Board of Officials, officiating in basketball from 1966 to 1974, high school football from 1957 to 1995, and WVIAC college football from 1980 to 1987. He received the Dale McKenzie Award for the Outstanding Official in the Mid Ohio Valley in 1993. He was a member of the Mid-Ohio Valley Hall of Fame Board of Directors, was a member of the Pleasants County Development Authority, was a member of the St. Marys Golf Club, and had served on the Board of Directors. He was one of the founding members of the Pleasants County Habitat for Humanity, a member of the St. Marys Beautification Committee, an active supporter of the Pleasants Community Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Pleasants County, and proud supporter of the Pleasants County Vo-Ag Fair. He received the Sistersville High School Alumni of the Year in 2007. He secured funding from the late Governor Cecil Underwood to establish the Christmas Lighting Displays at the St. Marys Marina. He was one of the city council members who started the WV Bass Festival. He was a member of the Pleasants Area Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the St. Marys Elks Lodge #1701.
He is survived by his sister, Mary Jane Rutherford of Sistersville, WV, his brother, Charles Hendricks of Davenport, WV, Scooter II his best friend, fifteen nieces and nephews, and several great nieces and great nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Suzanne Joseph Hendricks in 1999, and his sister, Hetty Batton.
Services will be held Thursday, December 29, 2011, at 11 A. M. at the Ingram Funeral Home, St. Marys, WV with Pastors Tim Bennett and Bill Dawson officiating. Interment will be in the St. Marys IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 P. M. Wednesday, and from 10 to 11 A. M. Thursday at the funeral home. The family requests memorial contributions may be made to the Beautification Committee, % City of St. Marys, 418 Second Street, St. Marys, WV 26170 to purchase new Christmas Lights.
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In his earlier years he had various vocations, including employment with the former Sistersville Dairy in 1955, the former Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company in 1956, and Union Carbide from 1956 to 1957. He retired in 1995 from American Cyanamid as Senior Raw Material Buyer.
He had many accomplishments. He was the longest sitting St. Marys Council member serving for over 32 years, was a Little League Baseball Coach from 1961 to 1966, where his teams won the city championship three out of five years. His football teams that he coached went undefeated for four years a total of 24 games. He was a member of the Ohio WV Board of Officials, officiating in basketball from 1966 to 1974, high school football from 1957 to 1995, and WVIAC college football from 1980 to 1987. He received the Dale McKenzie Award for the Outstanding Official in the Mid Ohio Valley in 1993. He was a member of the Mid-Ohio Valley Hall of Fame Board of Directors, was a member of the Pleasants County Development Authority, was a member of the St. Marys Golf Club, and had served on the Board of Directors. He was one of the founding members of the Pleasants County Habitat for Humanity, a member of the St. Marys Beautification Committee, an active supporter of the Pleasants Community Foundation, the Boys and Girls Club of Pleasants County, and proud supporter of the Pleasants County Vo-Ag Fair. He received the Sistersville High School Alumni of the Year in 2007. He secured funding from the late Governor Cecil Underwood to establish the Christmas Lighting Displays at the St. Marys Marina. He was one of the city council members who started the WV Bass Festival. He was a member of the Pleasants Area Chamber of Commerce. He was also a member of the St. Marys Elks Lodge #1701.
He is survived by his sister, Mary Jane Rutherford of Sistersville, WV, his brother, Charles Hendricks of Davenport, WV, Scooter II his best friend, fifteen nieces and nephews, and several great nieces and great nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Suzanne Joseph Hendricks in 1999, and his sister, Hetty Batton.
Services will be held Thursday, December 29, 2011, at 11 A. M. at the Ingram Funeral Home, St. Marys, WV with Pastors Tim Bennett and Bill Dawson officiating. Interment will be in the St. Marys IOOF Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 P. M. Wednesday, and from 10 to 11 A. M. Thursday at the funeral home. The family requests memorial contributions may be made to the Beautification Committee, % City of St. Marys, 418 Second Street, St. Marys, WV 26170 to purchase new Christmas Lights.
