Dick Carroll
Carroll in the 1917–18 season.
Born
Richard Leo Carroll

(1885-04-28)April 28, 1885
DiedJanuary 20, 1952(1952-01-20) (aged 66)
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
OccupationIce hockey coach
SpouseMyrtle Kilpatrick (m. 1913)

Richard Leo Carroll (April 28, 1885 – January 20, 1952) was a Canadian ice hockey coach. He led the Toronto team in the National Hockey League to the Stanley Cup championship in 1918 and the Toronto Canoe Club junior hockey team to the Memorial Cup win in 1920.

Biography

From Guelph, Ontario, Carroll worked with the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. He won the Stanley Cup with his brother Frank as a trainer in 1914. In December, 1917 Richard was then asked by Charlie Querrie to be coach and assistant manager of the new Toronto NHL franchise. The team won the Stanley Cup in its first year, but even with largely the same lineup, struggled badly in 1918–19 (now under the name the Toronto Arenas), finishing with five wins and 13 losses. Carroll was replaced as coach after that season.

In 1919–20, Carroll coached the Toronto Dental Society senior team in the Ontario Hockey Association and the Toronto Canoe Club junior team that won the 1920 Memorial Cup. In 1920–21 and 1921–22, he coached the Toronto Aura Lee senior team.

Caroll then coached the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the United States Amateur Hockey Association, leading them to two championships in 1924 and 1925. He then coached the Duluth Hornets of the American Hockey Association for two seasons (1926 to 1928) and the Tulsa Oilers for three seasons (1928 to 1931). Over his first five years as a coach in the AHA, Carroll's teams finished in first place four times. Staying in the AHA, Carroll coached the St. Louis Flyers (1931–32) and the Oklahoma City Warriors (1933–34), but both teams had losing records.

He was also a football and boxing coach, and was manager of the Guelph Maple Leafs baseball team of the Intercounty Baseball League, winning the league championship in 1928.[1]

Caroll died in Guelph after being confined to hospital with a heart condition. He was 66 years old.

Coaching record

National Hockey League

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
Toronto Hockey Club1917-18 221390262nd in NHLWon O'Brien Trophy (10-7 vs. MTL)
Won Stanley Cup (3-2 vs. VAN)
Toronto Hockey Club1918-19 185130103rd in NHLDid not qualify
NHL totals4018220364-3 (0.571 - 1 Stanley Cup)

United States Amateur Hockey Association

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets1923-24 201550301st in WesternFinished 1st in division final round-robin (4-1-1)
Won Fellowes Cup (4-1 vs. BOS)
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets1924-25 201532321st in WesternWon division final (4-0 vs. EVE)
Won Fellowes Cup (4-0 vs. FP)
USAHA totals403082622 division titles16-2-1 (0.868 - 2 Fellowes Cups)

Central Amateur Hockey League

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
Duluth Hornets1925-26 3618144402nd in CAHLWon league semi-finals (10-9 vs. WPG)
Lost league final (0-3 vs. MIN)
CAHL totals3618144402-4-2 (0.429)

American Hockey Association

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
Duluth Hornets1926-27 3820108481st in AHAWon Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (3-0 vs. MIN)
Duluth Hornets1927-28 4018913491st in AHALost Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (0-1-4 vs. MIN)
Tulsa Oilers1928-29 402398541st in AHAWon Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (2-0-2 vs. STP)
Tulsa Oilers1929-30 48181416523rd in AHAWon league semi-finals (2-1-1 vs. DUL
Lost Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (6-8 vs. KC)
Tulsa Oilers1930-31 4830153601st in AHAWon Harry F. Sinclair Trophy (3-1 vs. KC)
St. Louis Flyers1931-32 4818228364th in AHADid not qualify
Oklahoma City Warriors1933-34 4816302324th in AHADid not qualify
AHA totals3101431095833112-5-8 (0.640 - 3 Harry F. Sinclair Trophies)

International Hockey League

TeamYearRegular seasonPost season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
Windsor Bulldogs1935-36 48181911473rd in WesternWon league quarter-finals (4-3 vs. LDN)
Won league semi-finals (2-1 vs. BUF)
Lost league finals (0-3 vs. DET)
IHL totals48181911473-4-1 (0.438)

References

  1. "Dick Carroll: Noted coach directed Toronto St. Patrick's (sic)," The Globe and Mail, January 21, 1952, p. 14
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