About Dink Carroll
Lived 1899 – 1991 (aged 91). Dink Carroll was a Canadian journalist.
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. 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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Who was Dink Carroll?
Canadian journalist (1899-1991)
When was Dink Carroll born?
Dink Carroll was born on 12 November 1899 in Guelph.
When did Dink Carroll die?
Dink Carroll died on 8 April 1991 in Montreal.
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Dink Carroll was a journalist.
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Dink Carroll was Canadian.
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