John Carroll | |
Birth Name: | John Hugh Carroll |
Birth Date: | 20 March 1934 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Death Place: | Sydney |
Ru Position: | Second Row |
Repyears1: | 1958–1959 |
Repcaps1: | 8 |
Occupation: | Stock broker/copra plantation manager |
School: | Newington College |
John Hugh Carroll (20 March 1934 – 30 March 1998)[1] was an Australian Rugby Union player who represented the Wallabies eight times.[2]
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]
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]
Carroll operated a copra plantation in Papua New Guinea during the 1960s and 1970s.[2]