Carroll Morgan

Carroll Morgan (October 3, 1947 – June 20, 2018) was a Canadian heavyweight boxer who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. There he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Sweden's eventual bronze medalist Hasse Thomsén.

Early life and education Carroll Morgan was born on October 3, 1947, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. He grew up in Whiteside, Nova Scotia. He was one of seven children, with five brothers and a sister.

He enrolled at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish and worked towards his Bachelor of Arts degree.

With only two fights, he made the national team and competed at the 1971 Canada Winter Games in Saskatoon, where he lost a split decision to heavyweight Jack Meda. That fall, he joined the Canadian national team's European tour, scoring knockouts in Sweden and the Netherlands before dropping a split decision in Norway.

At the Canadian National Championships held at the Saskatoon Arena in May 1972, he captured the title in the heavyweight division. The 24-year-old was named the "outstanding fighter" of the championships. Following the national championships, he was selected for the national Olympic team.

By 1973, he began training under Tom McCluskey.

In three years, he fought fourteen fights and won ten, including seven by knockout. That year, he was given both the provincial title and the Maritime amateur crown in Saint John, each by default when no opponents were available. Advancing to the North American amateur boxing championships, he competed at Uniondale's Nassau Coliseum on May 28, 1973. He emerged as the North American heavyweight champion with a first round knockout.

1974 Commonwealth Games Out of 140 athletes picked to represent Canada at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, he was the sole Atlantic-Canadian. Holding Canadian and North American amateur heavyweight titles, he competed as one of six members of the Canadian Commonwealth Games boxing team coached by Harold Mann.

In 1988, a torn muscle suffered in sparring forced Morgan to retire from boxing, though he continued coaching both boxing and football.

In 1990, Carrol Morgan was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame. He was inducted twice into the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame, in 1994 alongside his teammates from the 1966 X-Men football club of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, and in 2008 as an amateur boxer. He was inducted into the Cape Breton Sport Hall of Fame on June 1, 2018. Carroll Morgan Park in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, was named after the boxer in September 2025.