John Carroll (rugby union)

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John Carroll
Birth nameJohn Hugh Carroll
Date of birth20 March 1934
Place of birthSydney, Australia
Date of death30 March 1998(1998-03-30) (aged 64)
Place of deathSydney
SchoolNewington College
Occupation(s)Stock broker/copra plantation manager
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second Row
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958–1959 Australia 8

John Hugh Carroll (20 March 1934 – 30 March 1998)[1] was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented the Wallabies eight times.[2]

Early life[edit]

Carroll was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1946–1949).[3] He played in the juniors at Mosman before joining the Norths in the second row.[2]

Representative career[edit]

At the age of twenty four Carroll played in his first test match in New Zealand against the New Zealand Māori rugby union team. He retired from representative rugby due to a knee injury.[2]

Business life[edit]

Carroll operated a copra plantation in Papua New Guinea during the 1960s and 1970s.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wallabies Profile Page Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Australian Rugby – The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 97: Carroll, John Hugh (1934–1998)
  3. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) pp30