John Carroll (hurler)

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John Carroll

Personal information
Sport	Hurling
Irish Name	Seán Ó Cearbhaill
Date of Birth	16 January 1978
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Club information
Club	Roscrea
Position	[[Gaelic football and Hurling positions#{{{clposition}}}|{{{clposition}}}]]
Club(s)*
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All-Stars	1
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John Carroll (born 16 January 1978) is an Irish sportsman. He is a half-forward on the Tipperary senior hurling team for 2006.

John Carroll was born in Roscrea, County Tipperary in 1978. He was educated locally and plays his club hurling with his native Roscrea with whom he won a North Tipperary Senior Hurling medal in 2004. Carroll first tasted success when he captained the Tipperary Under-16 team to the 'Nenagh Co-Op All-Ireland' title in 1994. Since then he has played for Tipperary at minor and Under-21 level, winning an All-Ireland minor medal in 1996 and a Munster Under-21 medal in 1999. Carroll made his competitive debut for the Tipperary senior hurlers in the 1997 National League semi-final against Galway.

Carroll made his Championship debut against Waterford in the Munster Championship in 2000. He won his first All-Star that year. 2001 proved to be a good year for Carroll as a hurler. He was a key member of the panel when Tipp won the National League, the Munster Championship and the All-Ireland Championship. Carroll also won a Railway Cup medal with Munster in 2001 and was named in the centre-forward position on the All-Star team of that year.

Carroll is one of the most versatile players on the Tipperary team. Although his best position is centre-back, he played as a full back when he made his debut in 1997. Similarly, he has won an All-Star award at wing-back while playing in the centre-forward position the following year. He currently plays as a half-forward. Carroll has also played Gaelic football with the Tipperary senior team.

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• Tipperary Player Profiles

	Tipperary Senior Hurling Team
1 B. Cummins | 2 D. Fanning | 3 P. Curran | 4 P. Ormonde | 5 E. Corcoran | 6 C. O'Mahoney | 7 H. Moloney | 8 P. Kelly | 9 S. McGrath | 10 J. Carroll | 11 G. O'Grady | 12 J. O'Brien | 13 D. FitzGerald | 14 L. Corbett | 15 E. Kelly | Manager: M "Babs" Keating (Team as of June 2006)