John Carroll (rugby player)

John Carroll
Full name John Hugh Carroll
Date of birth 20 March 1934
Place of birth Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death 30 March 1998
Place of death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
School Newington College
Occupation(s) Stock Broker/Copra Plantation Manger
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Second Row
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
1958-1959  Australia 8

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

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Early life

Carroll was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1946–1949).[2] He played in the juniors at Mosman before joining the Norths in the second row.[1]

Representative career

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.[1]

Business life

Carroll operated a copra plantation in Papua New Guinea during the 1960s and 1970s.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 97: Carroll, John Hugh (1934 - 1998)
  2. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp30