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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

References

• Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
• 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

• Vic Carroll's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Vic Carroll at AustralianFootball.com
• Victor Carroll, at Demonwiki.
• Norman Carroll, at Demonwiki.

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