Austin "Dink" Carroll (November 12, 1899 – April 8, 1991) was a Canadian sports journalist. A columnist for the '' Montréal Gazette'', he won the

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in 1984 and is a member of the media section of the

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. He also won the

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in 1990 from the

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and is a member of the

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(1986). Carroll attended

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, where he played on the football team. He earned a

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degree from there in 1923, but never practiced law. He wrote a column for the ''Gazette'' from 1941 to 1987.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Dink 1899 births 1991 deaths Canadian sports journalists Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductees Elmer Ferguson Award winners Journalists from Ontario McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Montreal Gazette people People from Guelph