Located somewhere in between Toledo, Ohio and Ft. Wayne, Indiana, here's five things you may not have known about Defiance, Ohio:
1. There's a book and a movie, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio http://www.theprizewinner.com/
2. There's a music band aptly named, Defiance, Ohio http://defianceohio.terrorware.com/
3. There's Defiance Baseball, for which we're slowly being recognized for having "Baseball in the Water" http://www.foxsportsohio.com/high-school/story/Back-roads-to-big-stage?blockID=909345&feedID=3725
and even baseball "In the Attics" (and no I didn't inspect this one...darn!) http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/video/man-finds-rare-baseball-cards-worth-millions/1730679154001
4. There's some famous people you may have heard of including, but not limited to:
· Michelle Burke, actress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Burke
· Sam Hornish Jr., race car driver http://samhornish.com/
· Chad Billingsly and Jon Niese, Major League baseball players http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Billingsley
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Niese
· Don "Midnight" Miller, football player (one of the "Four Horseman" at Notre Dame) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Miller_(American_football)
· Alan Francis, considered to be the best horseshoe pitcher in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Francis_(horseshoes)
5. There's also a Home Inspector that lives and works here, considered as being the most honest & thorough around http://aspecresidential.com/Home_Page.php
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