Elliott Castro

Elliott Castro Tirado (February 17, 1949 – July 23, 2017) was a Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico-born sports commentator, color commentator, sports historian and author. Castro was a commentator in major sports events in Puerto Rico as well as those related to Puerto Rican athletes such as the Olympics, the Pan American Games, and the Central American and Caribbean Games.[1]

This article is about the sports commentator. For the former fraudster, see Elliot Castro.

Castro has written several accounts of sports in Puerto Rico.[2] One of them he co-authored with Carmen Lidin and is titled Listos!: Puerto Rico En El Deporte Internacional (1930-2004) (English: Ready!: Puerto Rico in International Sports (1930-2004)).[3]

On July 23, 2017 Elliott Castro Tirado died of a heart attack in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The February (22-25) 2018 edition of the "Festival de Claridad", a festival produced by an independent newspaper of the same name, was dedicated to him for his importance in the world of journalism.[4]

References
  1. Entrevista a Elliott Castro Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, ustream.tv; accessed July 23, 2017.(in Spanish)
  2. "Commonwealth Gives Puerto Rico A Sports Identity" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Puerto Rico Herald; retrieved August 13, 2012.
  3. Elliott Castro Tirado (Castro Tirado, Elliott); retrieved August 13, 2012.
  4. Fallece el analista deportivo Elliott Castro, metro.pr; accessed July 24, 2017.(in Spanish)


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