Laurie Carroll

Laurie 'Dooley' Carroll (25 March 1926 – 10 August 2015) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Laurie Carroll
Personal information
Full name Lawrence Carroll
Date of birth (1926-03-25)25 March 1926
Date of death 10 August 2015(2015-08-10) (aged 89)
Place of death Albury
Original team(s) Ganmain
Height 187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1948–49 St Kilda 11 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1949.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Originally from Ganmain, his brother Tom Carroll played for Carlton and his son Dennis Carroll played for Sydney. He was one of nine Carrolls who represented Ganmain in the 1957 premiership winning team.[2]

Carroll was considered a champion of New South Wales football, playing in seven premierships for Ganmain (1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1956 and 1957), was regarded as one of the best high marks in the South West League, and was voted as best player for NSW at the 1950 Brisbane Carnival.[3]

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. Gillett, Rod (12 April 2015). "Ultimate Wool Team – Riverina: A better side from historian Rod Gillett?".
  3. "Carrolls and Ganmain are Linked like Kellogs and Cornflakes". NSW Australian Football History Society. Retrieved 18 March 2020.


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