Paul Elliott

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Paul Elliott

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 195 lb.

• Born July 5, 1956 in Sydney, New South Wales Australia

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Paul Elliott has managed in the minor leagues and also managed the Parramatta Patriots, Sydney Storm and Sydney Blues of the Australian Baseball League (a 86-67 record overall in Australia). He was a coach for the Australian National Team in the 2004 Olympics, 2006 World Baseball Classic, 2006 Intercontinental Cup, 2007 Baseball World Cup and 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Elliott signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 1978 but never played in their organization. He was with the Australian national team in 1977, 1979 and 1982 but did not appear with them in a major event such as the Baseball World Cup. He played in Australia's Claxton Shield from 1973-1989.

In the Gold Medal game of the 2004 Olympics, Elliott and manager Jon Deeble were ejected for arguing that Carlos Tabares of Cuba had trapped a fly from Tom Brice; the umpires had ruled that Tabares had caught it fairly.

Elliott was a scout for the Toronto Blue Jays in Australia in 1996 and a coach for the Medicine Hat Blue Jays. He coached the Knoxville Blue Jays in 1997 and the Hagerstown Suns in 1998. He was also the hitting coach for the Dunedin Blue Jays from 2004 to 2008. Elliott has been named hitting coach of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats for 2009. He was a coach for the GCL Blue Jays in 2010-2011.

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