Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
| Vic Carroll |
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| Full name |
Victor Lawrence Carroll |
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| Date of birth |
(1912-04-30)30 April 1912 |
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| Place of birth |
Malvern, Victoria |
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| Date of death |
18 October 1998(1998-10-18) (aged 86) |
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| Place of death |
Corowa, New South Wales |
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| Original team(s) |
Corowa |
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| Height |
175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
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| Weight |
77 kg (170 lb) |
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| Position(s) |
Centre |
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| Years |
Club |
Games (Goals) |
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| 1937 |
Fitzroy |
12 (2) |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937. |
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Victor Lawrence Carroll (30 April 1912 – 18 October 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played 12 consecutive games with Fitzroy in 1937 in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
The son of Edward Martin Carroll (1883-1958), and Emily Sarah Carroll (1883-1967), née Bisset, Victor Lawrence Carroll was born at Malvern, Victoria on 30 April 1912.
He married Mary Agnes Ison (1918-1980) in 1937.[2]
Melbourne (VFL)
Carroll and one of his two younger brothers, Norm — i.e., Norman Powlett Carroll (1910-1968) — had previously trained with the Melbourne Football Club in 1931.[3][4]
Fitzroy (VFL)
Cleared to Fitzroy from Corowa on 26 May 1937,[5] Carroll made his First XVIII debut against Geelong, at the Corio Oval, on 5 June 1937.[6][7][8][9]
Corowa
Carroll was cleared back to the Corowa Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League in April, 1938.[10]
Military service
Carroll later served in the Australian Army for six months during World War II.[11]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.136.
- ^ Personal, The Corowa Free Press, (Tuesday, 26 January 1937), p.3.
- ^ Demonwiki.
- ^ Visit to North should give Melbourne Win, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 5 June 1931), p.15.
- ^ League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 May 1937), p.12.
- ^ Fitzroy Alters Attack, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.13.
- ^ Improving Fitzroy face Geelong hoodoo, The Age, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.15.
- ^ Teams Chosen for Tomorrow: League: Geelong v. Fitzroy, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.13.
- ^ Penberthy off Club's List, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 9 June 1937), p.24.
- ^ "1938 - Carroll cleared to Corowa". The Argus. 28 April 1938. p. 18 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ Nominal Roll: note that this record, and his Service Record, has his name as Victor Laurence Carroll — however, in contrast, his birth entry at Victorian Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and all of his electoral roll entries, over more than 30 years, have Victor Lawrence Carroll.
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