Chris Carroll

Christopher Arthur Carroll (6 March 1924 – 16 April 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Chris Carroll
Personal information
Full name Christopher Arthur Carroll
Date of birth (1924-03-06)6 March 1924
Place of birth Broken Hill, New South Wales
Date of death 16 April 1994(1994-04-16) (aged 70)
Place of death Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) St George, Centrals (Broken Hill)
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1947–1948 North Melbourne 13 (18)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1948.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Carroll served in the Australian Army from 1942 to 1946.[2]

Carroll, a left footer, trained with North Melbourne in late 1946 and impressed and moved to Melbourne from the Centrals Football Club in Broken Hill, New South Wales.[3]

Carroll made his debut in round four, 1947 against Fitzroy, kicking one goal.[4]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 135. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "World War II Roll: CARROLL, Christopher Arthur". Department of Veterans Affairs.
  3. "1946 - Football: Carroll may play in Victoria". Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW). 16 November 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  4. "1947 - Broken Hill player at north gets chance". The Herald. 7 May 1947. p. 19. Retrieved 13 February 2022.


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