Ted Carroll (hurler)

Ted Carroll, who lived from 19 February 1939 to 22 December 1995, was an Irish hurler from Lisdowney, County Kilkenny, who played as a centre-back for the Kilkenny senior team. He first played competitive hurling at St. Kieran's College, joined the Kilkenny minor team at eighteen and made his senior debut in the 1971 championship. He became a regular in the starting fifteen and won three All-Ireland medals, five Leinster medals and one National Hurling League medal, and was an All-Ireland runner-up three times. He won one Railway Cup medal with Leinster, one championship medal with University College Dublin and had a lengthy club career with Lisdowney, and he made 22 championship appearances. In retirement he became involved in the administration of the Gaelic Athletic Association and served as secretary of the Kilkenny County Board.