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Rugby player
Ray Carroll
Full nameRaymond Carroll
Date of birth(1926-02-09)9 February 1926
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Date of death6 February 2015(2015-02-06) (aged 88)
Place of deathBlackrock, Dublin, Ireland
SchoolCastleknock College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1947–50 Ireland 3 (0)

Raymond Carroll (9 February 1926 — 6 January 2015) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Dublin, Carroll learned his rugby at Castleknock College, which he captained to a Leinster Schools Senior Cup title in 1944. He later captained Lansdowne made his debut for Ireland in the 1947 Five Nations as a scrum-half against France in Dublin, before gaining two further in 1950.

Carroll served as president of the Castleknock College Union and was vice chairman of their Board of Governors.

See also

References

  1. "Blackrock May Win For 41st Time". Irish Independent. 22 March 1950.
  2. "Dublin Letter". Waterford Standard. 1 February 1947.
  3. "Ray Carroll, class '44". KnockUnion.ie. 6 January 2015.

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