Daniel Carroll (rugby union)

Daniel Carroll

1908 Wallaby
Full name	Daniel Brendon Carroll
Date of birth	(1887-11-17)17 November 1887
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	5 August 1956(1956-08-05) (aged 67)
Place of death	New Orleans, Louisiana
School	St Aloysius Sydney
University	Sydney University
Occupation(s)	Geologist, Oil industry
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	centre,fly-half Winger, Scrum-half
Amateur clubs Years Club / team       St George Rugby Union
Provincial/State sides Years Club / team Apps (points)   New South Wales
National team(s) Years Club / team Apps (points) 1908-12 1913-20 Wallabies USA 2 3 (3) (0)
Coaching career Years Club / team     1920 & 1924 USA

Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	St George Rugby Union

Provincial/State sides
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
	New South Wales

National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Apps	(points)
1908-12 1913-20	Wallabies USA	2 3	(3) (0)

Coaching career
Years	Club / team
1920 & 1924	USA

Olympic medal record
Men's Rugby union
	1908 London	Team competition

Olympic medal record
Men's Rugby union
Representing Australasia
	1908 London	Team competition
Representing the  United States
	1920 Antwerp	Team competition

Daniel Brendon Carroll DSC (17 November 1887, possibly 1892 – 5 August 1956) was an Australian national representative rugby union player. He was a dual Olympic gold medalist winning in rugby at the 1908 Summer Olympics for Australia and also winning gold for the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He later coached the gold-medal winning USA Rugby team at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He is erroneously referred to in some records as the youngest ever Australian representative rugby player due to a birthdate error in the Olympic records database. He served in the American Army as a Lieutenant in World War I and lived out his life in the USA working in the mining/petroleum industry.

Carroll was born at Flemington, Victoria. His family relocated to Sydney during his early childhood and he was educated at St Aloysius' College (Sydney) playing rugby in the school's first XV and then at Sydney University where he studied dentistry. His club rugby was played with St George in southern Sydney. He was a winger at that time and in that position made his Australian representatives appearances. Later in his career he played at fly-half.

He was selected in Australia's inaugural national rugby team to tour the northern hemisphere - Dr Paddy Moran's first Wallabies for the 1908-09 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles and France. He was the youngest member of the tour squad at 20 years. Carroll played in the first Test of the tour, the 6-9 loss to Wales at Cardiff Arms Park which was the first rugby Test played by an Australian team on British soil.

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