Birth name | John Hugh Carroll | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 March 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 30 March 1998 | (aged 64)||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Sydney | ||||||||||||||||
School | Newington College | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Stock broker/copra plantation manager | ||||||||||||||||
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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]