Full Name Austin Carroll Name Dink Carroll Employer Montreal Gazette | Years active 19??–1987 Occupation journalist Alma mater McGill University | |
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Born November 12, 1899 ( 1899-11-12 ) Guelph, Ontario Died April 8, 1991, Montreal, Canada Awards Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award (1984), Jack Graney Award (1990) | ||
Austin "Dink" Carroll (November 12, 1899 – April 8, 1991) was a Canadian sports journalist. A columnist for the Montréal Gazette, he won the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He also won the Jack Graney Award in 1990 from the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame (1986). Carroll attended McGill University where he played on the football team. He earned a LL.B. degree from there in 1923, but never practiced law. He wrote a column for the Gazette from 1941 to 1987.
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