The Gold Coast Clippers were a foundation team in the now defunct
Australian Baseball League
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) is a professional baseball league in Australia. The league is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF). It uses the same name as a now-defunct competition held during the 1990s, and though it ...
. The Clippers changed their name to the
Daikyo Dolphins
The Daikyo Dolphins were formerly the Gold Coast Clippers, a foundation team in the now defunct Australian Baseball League. The Clippers changed their name to the Daikyo Dolphins following the signing of a major sponsorship deal with Japanese r ...
following the signing of a major sponsorship deal with Daikyo to create one of the strongest teams in ABL history.
History
See also
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Sport in Australia
Sport is an important part of Australia that dates back to the early colonial period. Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union, association football, cricket and tennis are among the earliest organised sports in Australia. Sport ha ...
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Australian Baseball
In Australia, baseball is a game that is played in all states and territories of the country.
History
Baseball was believed to have been brought to Australia with American gold miners in the Victorian gold rush of the 1850s, where miners wo ...
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Australian Baseball League (1989–1999)
The Australian Baseball League (ABL) was a baseball league, established in 1987 and disbanded in 1999.
Formation
Before the formation of the Australian Baseball League, the Claxton Shield, established in , was Australia's premier baseball to ...
External links
The Australian Baseball League: 1989–1999
Australian Baseball League (1989–1999) teams
Defunct baseball teams in Australia
Sporting teams based on the Gold Coast, Queensland
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