Dennis Carroll

Dennis Carroll
Personal information
Date of birth	(1960-11-07) 7 November 1960
Place of birth	Ganmain, New South Wales
Original team(s)	Ganmain
Height / weight	187cm / 86kg
Position(s)	Half-Back Flank
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1981–1993	South Melbourne/Sydney	219 (117)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1993.
Career highlights
Sydney captain: 1986-1992 Sydney Swans Team of the Century: Half-Back Flank

Dennis Carroll (born 7 November 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

From Ganmain, a small town outside of Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Carroll came from a football family. Carroll's father Laurie (St Kilda Football Club) and uncle Tom (Carlton Football Club) also played in the VFL.^[1]

Carroll was recruited by the Swans in the VFL via a zoning rule, which enabled the Swans to recruit players from New South Wales. His first season was playing out of the Lake Oval in Melbourne in 1981, before moving with the Swans permanently to Sydney.

Carroll, a back flanker, became known as one of the finest kicks in the VFL, with the ability to dispose of the ball equally well on either foot. As an experienced campaigner and local product, Carroll was selected to captain the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League, an honour which he held for seven seasons between 1986 and 1992, during some of the club's darkest days and the brink of extinction. He represented both Victoria and New South Wales at State of Origin level.

Carroll retired from the AFL in 1993. During his career he totalled 219 games for the Swans and was named on the Swans team of the century.^[2] The award for the most improved player at the Sydney Swans, the Dennis Carroll Award is named in his honour.^[3] The Sydney Cricket Ground has named a room the Kippax/Carroll room in honour of Dennis Carroll and cricketer Alan Kippax.^[4]

After retiring in 1993, Dennis spent four years as Sydney reserves coach and was later the Swans' match committee chairman.

References

↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers (5th ed.). Melbourne Victoria: Crown Content. p. 93. ISBN 1-74095-001-1.
↑ Swans team of the century; 9 August 2003; Sydney Morning Herald
↑ Honour Roll
↑ SCG Honours Arthur Morris,Doug Walters and Steve Waugh; 14 November 2008

Captains of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

1897–1898: Fraser 1899: Adamson 1900: Windley 1901: Trim 1902: Windley 1903: Fogarty 1904–1905: McGee 1906: Howson 1907–1908: Dolphin 1909: Ricketts 1910–1911: Thomas 1912: Ricketts 1913: H. Kelly 1914–1915; 1917:* Belcher 1918–1919: Caldwell 1920: Belcher 1921: Willis 1922: Tandy 1923–1925: P. Scanlan 1926–1927: Pannam 1928: J. Scanlan 1929: Stanbridge 1930–1931: J. Scanlan 1932: Leonard 1933–1936: Bisset 1937: Nash 1938–1945: Matthews 1946–1948: Graham 1949: Lucas 1950–1952: Lane 1953–1954: Clegg 1955: Gunn 1956: Gillett 1957–1960: Clegg 1961–1971: Skilton 1972: Rantall 1973–1976: Bedford 1977–1979: Quade 1980–1984: Round 1984–1985: Browning 1986–1992: Carroll 1993–2002: P. Kelly 2003–2005: Maxfield 2006–2007: Hall/Kirk/Barry 2008: Hall/Barry/Bolton 2009–2010: Bolton/Goodes/Kirk 2011–2012: Goodes/McVeigh 2013–2016: Jack/McVeigh 2017–: Kennedy

*South Melbourne did not participate in the VFL in 1916 due to World War I

Sydney Swans · Team of the Century

Full-back	John Rantall John Heriot Vic Belcher

Half-back	Bill Faul Ron Clegg Dennis Carroll

Centre	David Murphy Greg Williams Herbie Matthews

Half-forward	Tony Morwood Laurie Nash Gerard Healy

Full-forward	Bob Pratt Tony Lockett Paul Kelly

Ruck	Barry Round Peter Bedford Bob Skilton (c)

Interchange	Bill Williams Stephen Wright Daryn Cresswell Fred Goldsmith Mark Bayes Harry Clarke Mark Tandy

Coach	Jack Bissett

Victorian team – 1984 State of Origin

Victoria 16.12 (108) defeated South Australia 16.8 (104), at Football Park, 15 May 1984 Western Australia 21.16 (142) defeated Victoria 21.12 (138), at Subiaco Oval, 17 July 1984

Both games	Ackerly Buckley Cunningham Evans Hawkins Healy Johnston Madden Mew Moore Pert Tuck

vs. South Australia	Bos Carroll Daicos Doull Greig Jess Kennedy Lee McCann Salmon Watson Wilson

vs. Western Australia	Ablett Ayres Daniher DiPierdomenico Greene Icke Merrett Shaw Turner Williams

Coach: Jeans

Victorian team – 1986 State of Origin

South Australia 18.17 (125) defeated Victoria 17.13 (115), at Football Park, 13 May 1986, crowd: 43,143 Western Australia 21.11 (137) d Victoria 20.14 (134), at Subiaco Oval, 8 July 1986, crowd: 39,863

Both games	Alvin Brereton Carroll DiPierdomenico Foulds Gerard Healy Pert Poole Salmon Weightman Williams

v South Australia	Clark Dean Harvey Hawker Heard Loveridge Meldrum Merrett (c) Raines Walsh Yeates

v Western Australia	Bews T. Daniher (c) Harmes R. Kennedy J. Madden Millane A. Morwood Roos Royal Taylor Thompson

New South Wales squad – 1988 Bicentennial State Of Origin Carnival (Australian rules football)

Semi-Final: South Australia 12.8 (80) defeated New South Wales 8.11 (59), at Football Park, 3 March 1988 3rd Play-Off: New South Wales 10.8 (68) defeated Western Australia 9.12 (66), at Football Park, 5 March 1988

Bartholomaeus Bradmore Brownless Byrne Carroll (vc) Coleman Cordy A. Daniher C. Daniher T. Daniher (c) Hawke Honybun Kruse Longmire Morphett Morwood Murphy O'Donoghue Phyland Powell Roberts Scott Thripp Toohey Winton Wright Yorgey

Coach: Hafey

New South Wales team – 1992 State of Origin (Australian rules football)

New South Wales 22.9 (141) defeated Queensland 6.12 (48), at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 May 1992

Barich Brownless Brunton Carroll Coleman A. Daniher T. Daniher Gayfer Gray Higgins Holmes Kelly Lawson Longmire Neill Nettelbeck Page Powell Thompson Toohey Werner Wheeler

Coach: Buckenara

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