Vic Carroll (Australian footballer) explained

Vic Carroll
Fullname:	Victor Lawrence Carroll
Birth Date:	30 April 1912
Birth Place:	Malvern, Victoria
Death Place:	Corowa, New South Wales
Originalteam:	Corowa
Height:	175 cm
Weight:	77 kg
Position:	Centre
Statsend:	1937
Years1:	1937
Games Goals1:	12 (2)

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]

Football

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]

References

• Book: The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Holmesby. Russell. Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria.
• World War Two Nominal Roll: Private Victor Laurence (sic) Carroll (V372185), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
• B884, V372185: World War Two Service Record: Private Victor Laurence (sic) Carroll (V372185), National Archives of Australia.

External links

• • • Victor Carroll, at Demonwiki.
• Norman Carroll, at Demonwiki.

Notes and References

1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.136.
2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236867177 Personal, The Corowa Free Press, (Tuesday, 26 January 1937), p.3.
3. Demonwiki.
4. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/242953930 Visit to North should give Melbourne Win, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 5 June 1931), p.15.
5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11067243 League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 May 1937), p.12.
6. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11069246 Fitzroy Alters Attack, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.13.
7. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203878012 Improving Fitzroy face Geelong hoodoo, The Age, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.15.
8. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11069243 Teams Chosen for Tomorrow: League: Geelong v. Fitzroy, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.13.
9. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244620027 Penberthy off Club's List, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 9 June 1937), p.24.
10. Web site: 1938 - Carroll cleared to Corowa . Trove Newspapers . The Argus . 28 April 1938. 18.
11. 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.