Dean Carroll

Dean "Deano" Carroll (July→September 1962 — 24 May 2015) was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s, playing at club level for Bradford Northern, Carlisle, Warrington, Batley, and Doncaster, as a Fullback, Stand-off/Five-eighth, or Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 1, 6, or 7, and coaching at club level for West Bowling ARLFC, and Staincliffe ARLFC, having suffered a number of minor strokes in the past, he was found unconscious at home in Batley during the early-afternoon of Wednesday 19 May 2015, and he suffered heart attacks en route to Dewsbury and District Hospital, before being transferred Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefield, having suffered Cerebral hypoxia, he never regained consciousness, and life support was removed on Saturday 23 May 2015, he died during the morning of Sunday 24 May 2015.

County Cup final appearances

Dean Carroll played Scrum-half/Halfback, and scored a conversion and a 2-drop goals in Bradford Northern's 7-18 defeat by Hull in the 1982 Yorkshire Cup final during the 1981–82 season at Elland Road, Leeds on Saturday 2 October 1982.

Club career

Dean Carroll initially played rugby league for St John Fisher Catholic School[1], and Batley Boys ARLFC[2] before joining Bradford Northern, he made his début for Bradford Northern against Blackpool Borough in 1980, following the arrival of Wales international rugby union Scrum-half Terry Holmes from Cardiff RFC in 1985, Dean Carroll felt his first-team opportunities at Bradford Northern would be limited, and consequently he transferred to Carlisle, in hindsight, the number of injuries sustained by Terry Holmes would actually have meant more opportunities at Bradford Northern than Dean Carroll had envisaged.

Dean Carroll was a pupil at St Mary's Catholic Primary School[1] in Batley, and St John Fisher Catholic School[2] in Dewsbury, during his working life he was employed at Fox's Biscuits, Batley. Dean Carroll's funeral took place St Mary of the Angels Roman Catholic Church[3] at 10am on Wednesday 3 June 2015, followed by interment at Batley Cemetery, and a reception at Staincliffe Cricket & Working Mens Club.

Dean had a son Paul, and three grandchildren, he was the younger brother of Linda Carroll (birth registered during January→March 1959 (age 57–58) in Spen Valley district), the rugby league footballer for Bramley and coach for Dewsbury Celtic ARLFC, Stephen "Steve" Carroll[1] (birth registered during October→December 1960 (age 56–57) in Spen Valley district), the older brother of James Carroll (birth registered during January→March 1966 (age 50–51) in Spen Valley district), and the cousin of the rugby league footballer for Leeds, Halifax, and Hull, John Carroll[2].