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John Carroll (rugby union)

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John Carroll
SchoolNewington College
Occupation(s)Stock Broker/Copra Plantation Manger
Rugby union career
Position(s) Second Row
International career
Years Team Apps (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]

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