Dennis Carroll

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The captain before Paul Kelly

Dennis was great, fine serviceman to the club.

I think the two things that stand from his great career are:

1. His lace up guernseys. One of the last to wear these.
2. Dashing forward from halfback for a running shot on goal from 50 or beyond.

[Nico]

Originally posted by Travelling Swan
tend to agree was not overrarted at all champion clubman and one of our best

He was a good all round footballer, no champion as a footballer but no doubting a great clubman.

He started as a wingman and looked like he could have been anything but failed to get to the "star" status.

To be even considered a "star" you expect someone would have at least one club B&F.

[C-Train]

he was great to watch!

my second favourite player in that era... second only to bangers mitchell

[ItsAllGoodes]

Originally posted by Nico
To be even considered a "star" you expect someone would have at least one club B&F.

Then on that basis Greg Williams was not a star at Sydney???

[Nico]

Originally posted by ItsAllGoodes
Then on that basis Greg Williams was not a star at Sydney???

Williams went one better, he won a Brownlow.

[originalswan]

Carroll

"His brother Wayne was a waste of space."

I believe this waste of space went close to winning our goal kicking one year. He also took "Mark of the Year" he used to always take spekkies! Similar a little to Leo Barry before he was switched to the back line.

Talk of not winning B & F and therefore being average - One of the all time greats Gary Ablett ONLY ever won ONE B & F.

Dennis Carroll was an above average player who was a great clubman and a good leader. He played Centre Half Back towards the end of his career and was a big loss in the finals of 1986. Especially our 5 point loss to the Lions.

[C-Train]

I get the feeling there are a lot of bandwagoners out there that need a history lesson... Dennis has done a lot for the Swans over the past 20 years... in fact I seem to recall he even came close to the senior Coaching job!

As far as not winning a B&F with thats not that bad when your up against guys like Williams, Round, Healy, Mitchell, Bayes, Murphy and even Kelly..

7 Years as Capt speaks for itself...

He is one of my hero's!

[NMWBloods]

Re: Carroll

Originally posted by originalswan
"His brother Wayne was a waste of space."

I believe this waste of space went close to winning our goal kicking one year. He also took "Mark of the Year" he used to always take spekkies! Similar a little to Leo Barry before he was switched to the back line.

Yeah and how useless was Barry before he went to the backline.

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Love ya post there, Swansong.