Chris Carroll

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Chris Carroll

| image =

| fullname = Christopher Arthur Carroll

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|03|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Broken Hill, New South Wales

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|04|16|1924|03|06|df=y}}

| death_place = Adelaide, South Australia

| originalteam = St George, Centrals (Broken Hill)

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 80 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1948

| years1 = 1947–1948

| club1 = {{AFL NM}}

| games_goals1 = 13 (18)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Christopher Arthur Carroll (6 March 1924 – 16 April 1994) was an Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2014 |edition=10th |isbn=978-1-921496-32-5 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=135}}

Carroll served in the Australian Army from 1942 to 1946.{{cite web |url=https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=714867&c=WW2 |title=World War II Roll: CARROLL, Christopher Arthur |publisher=Department of Veterans Affairs}}

Carroll, a left footer, trained with North Melbourne in late 1946 and impressed and moved to Melbourne from the Centrals Football Club in Broken Hill, New South Wales.{{cite web |title=1946 - Football: Carroll may play in Victoria |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/48483027 |publisher=Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) |access-date=12 February 2022 |pages=4 |date=16 November 1946}}

Carroll made his debut in round four, 1947 against Fitzroy, kicking one goal.{{cite web |title=1947 - Broken Hill player at north gets chance |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245587712 |publisher=The Herald |access-date=13 February 2022 |pages=19 |date=7 May 1947}}