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(1998-03-30) (aged 64)
Place of death	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
School	Newington College
Occupation(s)	Stock Broker/Copra Plantation Manager
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)^[1] was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented the Wallabies eight times.^[2]

Early life

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

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

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

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