Elliott Castro

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{{Short description|Puerto Rican sports commentator and sports historian}}

{{About|the sports commentator|the former fraudster|Elliot 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.[http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17278472 Entrevista a Elliott Castro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013194344/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/17278472 |date=October 13, 2016 }}, ustream.tv; accessed July 23, 2017.{{in lang|es}}

Castro wrote several accounts of sports in Puerto Rico.[http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n30/PRSportsBeat0630-en.html "Commonwealth Gives Puerto Rico A Sports Identity"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303193045/http://www.puertorico-herald.org/issues/2002/vol6n30/PRSportsBeat0630-en.html|date=March 3, 2016}}, Puerto Rico Herald; retrieved August 13, 2012. 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)).[http://www.bookfinder.com/author/elliott-castro-tirado Elliott Castro Tirado (Castro Tirado, Elliott)]; retrieved August 13, 2012.

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, Puerto Rican independence advocating newspaper of the same name, was dedicated to him for his importance in the world of journalism.[https://www.metro.pr/pr/deportes/2017/07/23/fallece-analista-deportivo-elliot-castro.html Fallece el analista deportivo Elliott Castro], metro.pr; accessed July 24, 2017.{{in lang|es}}{{Cite web|title=Salón de la Fama del Deporte Riopedrense/Exaltados 2012/Elliot Castro Tirado|url=http://www.famadeportesrp.org/exaltados/perfiles/2012/elliot.html|access-date=2021-07-09|website=www.famadeportesrp.org}}{{Cite web|last=Noticentro.tv|title=Fallece el periodista deportivo Elliot Castro|url=https://www.wapa.tv/noticias/deportes/fallece-el-periodista-deportivo-elliot-castro_20131122409933.html|access-date=2021-07-09|website=www.wapa.tv|language=es-PR}}