[2] Carroll was born in Sydney and attended Newington College (1946–1949).
[3] He played in the juniors at Mosman before joining the Norths in the second row.
[2] At the age of twenty four Carroll played in his first test match in New Zealand against the New Zealand Māori rugby union team.
He retired from representative rugby due to a knee injury.
[2] Carroll operated a copra plantation in Papua New Guinea during the 1960s and 1970s.