Vic Carroll (Australian footballer)

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]

Vic Carroll
Personal information
Full name Victor Lawrence Carroll
Date of birth (1912-04-30)30 April 1912
Place of birth Malvern, Victoria
Date of death 18 October 1998(1998-10-18) (aged 86)
Place of death Corowa, New South Wales
Original team(s) Corowa
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 77 kg (170 lb)
Position(s) Centre
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1937 Fitzroy 12 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1937.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2014), p.136.
  2. Personal, The Corowa Free Press, (Tuesday, 26 January 1937), p.3.
  3. Demonwiki.
  4. Visit to North should give Melbourne Win, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Friday, 5 June 1931), p.15.
  5. League Permits, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 May 1937), p.12.
  6. Fitzroy Alters Attack, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.13.
  7. Improving Fitzroy face Geelong hoodoo, The Age, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.15.
  8. Teams Chosen for Tomorrow: League: Geelong v. Fitzroy, The Argus, (Friday, 4 June 1937), p.13.
  9. Penberthy off Club's List, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 9 June 1937), p.24.
  10. "1938 - Carroll cleared to Corowa". The Argus. 28 April 1938. p. 18 – via Trove Newspapers.
  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.

References
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