{{short description|English rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Dean Carroll |fullname = |image = Dean Carroll- Doncaster.jpeg |imagesize = 192 |caption = |birth_date = 1962 |birth_place = Spen Valley district, England |death_date = 24 May 2015 (aged 52) |death_place = Batley, West Yorkshire, England |height = |weight = |position = {{rlp|FB|SO|SH}} |club1 = Bradford Northern |year1start = 1980 |year1end = 83 |appearances1 = |tries1 = |goals1 = |fieldgoals1 = |points1 = |club2 = Carlisle |year2start = 1984 |year2end = 87 |appearances2 = |tries2 = |goals2 = |fieldgoals2 = |points2 = |club3 = → Warrington {{smaller|(loan)}} |year3start = 1989 |year3end = |appearances3 = 4 |tries3 = 1 |goals3 = 0 |fieldgoals3 = 3 |points3 = 7 |club4 = Batley |year4start = |year4end = |appearances4 = |tries4 = |goals4 = |fieldgoals4 = |points4 = |club5 = Doncaster |year5start = 1989 |year5end = 92 |appearances5 = 54 |tries5 = 7 |goals5 = 70 |fieldgoals5 = 22 |points5 = 190 |new = yes |retired = yes |updated = 29 May 2015 |source = <ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/dean-carroll/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> }}
'''Dean Carroll''' (1962 – 24 May 2015) was an English professional rugby league footballer and cricketer who played in the 1980s and 1990s.
He played at club level for Bradford Northern, Carlisle, Warrington (loan), Batley and Doncaster,<ref name="Statistics at robterrace.com">{{cite web|url=http://robterrace.com/dons/player.php?PID=597|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224232639/http://robterrace.com/dons/player.php?PID=597|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 February 2018|title=Statistics at robterrace.com|publisher=robterrace.com|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> as a {{rlp|fb|so}}, or {{rlp|sh}}, and coached at club level for West Bowling A.R.L.F.C. and Staincliffe ARLFC,<ref name="Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org"/> and played cricket for Buttershaw St. Paul's Cricket Club. Having suffered a number of minor strokes in the past, he was found unconscious at home in Batley during the early-afternoon of Wednesday 19 May 2015, and he suffered heart attacks en route to Dewsbury and District Hospital, Dewsbury before being transferred to Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, having suffered cerebral hypoxia. Never regaining consciousness, life support was removed on Saturday 23 May 2015, and he died during the morning of Sunday 24 May 2015.<ref name="Tributes pour in for a great Rugby League character">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepressnews.co.uk/press-news/tributes-pour-great-rugby-league-character|title=Tributes pour in for a great Rugby League character|publisher=thepressnews.co.uk|date=29 May 2015|accessdate=29 May 2015}}</ref>
==Background== Carroll was born in Spen Valley West Riding of Yorkshire, England.
==Playing career== ===County Cup Final appearances=== Dean Carroll played {{rlp|sh}}, and scored a goal, and a 2-drop goals in Bradford Northern's 7–18 defeat by Hull F.C. in the 1982–83 Yorkshire Cup Final during the 1982–83 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 2 October 1982.
===Club career=== Dean Carroll initially played rugby league for St John Fisher Catholic School, and Batley Boys ARLFC before joining Bradford Northern. He made his début for Bradford Northern against Blackpool Borough in 1980. Following the arrival of Wales international rugby union scrum-half Terry Holmes from Cardiff RFC in 1985, Dean Carroll felt his first-team opportunities at Bradford Northern would be limited, and consequently he transferred to Carlisle. In hindsight, the number of injuries sustained by Terry Holmes would actually have meant more opportunities at Bradford Northern than Dean Carroll had envisaged. He made his début for Warrington on Sunday 5 March 1989, and he played his last match for Warrington on Sunday 16 April 1989.
==Outside of rugby league== Dean Carroll was a pupil at St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Batley and St John Fisher Catholic School in Dewsbury, during his working life he was employed at Fox's Biscuits, Batley. Dean Carroll's funeral took place St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church at 10am on Wednesday 3 June 2015, followed by interment at Batley Cemetery, and a reception at Staincliffe Cricket & Working Mens Club.<ref name="Tributes pour in for a great Rugby League character"/>
==Genealogical information== Dean had a son Paul, and three grandchildren, he was the younger brother of Linda Carroll (birth registered during first ¼ {{birth year and age|1959}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Births Mar 1959 |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=CP%2BfMCOgGrTCWv9E5QUyzA&scan=1 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=freebmd.org.uk}}</ref> in Spen Valley district), the rugby league footballer for Bramley, and coach for Dewsbury Celtic ARLFC, Stephen "Steve" Carroll (birth registered during fourth ¼ {{birth year and age|1960}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=FreeBMD Entry Info |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=YjG7m1z3GNSRlDwZQXU4SA&scan=1 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.freebmd.org.uk}}</ref> in Spen Valley district),<ref name="Steve Carroll Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/steve-carroll/summary.html|title=Steve Carroll Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref> the older brother of James Carroll (birth registered during first ¼ {{birth year and age|1966}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=FreeBMD Entry Info |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=73hQcEKe6bvX3QXdFUifYw&scan=1 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.freebmd.org.uk}}</ref> in Spen Valley district), and the cousin of the rugby league footballer for Leeds, Halifax and Hull FC, John Carroll.<ref name="John Carroll Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/john-carroll/summary.html|title=John Carroll Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/archive/jpeg/JM-1980-93.jpg Photograph 'Dean Carroll – 17 year old colt stand off Dean Carroll made his senior début against Blackpool. – 23/03/1980' at rlhp.co.uk] *[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/archive/jpeg/TA-1982-20.jpg Photograph '"Knocker" held – "Knocker" Norton is held by Alan Redfearn and Dean Carroll. – 21/02/1982' at rlhp.co.uk] *[http://www.rlhp.co.uk/archive/jpeg/TA-1982-29.jpg Photograph 'Referee Whitfield sends another man off – Referee Whitfield dismisses someone else in today's controversial game at Craven Park. – 03/05/1982' at rlhp.co.uk] *[http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Carroll Statistics at wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012954/http://wolvesplayers.thisiswarrington.co.uk/martini/results.asp?txtName=Carroll |date=9 May 2018 }}
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