Athlete: Boxing
Year Inducted: Legacy
Born in: Ottawa, Ontario

A rugged fighter, Eddie Carroll hit hard and absorbed body punches for more than 20 years as an amateur and professional athlete.

During his amateur career, the Ottawa-born boxer won 83 of his 85 matches from 1929 to 1932. As a professional, he made regular trips to the ring from 1933-49, where he scored 43 wins (16 by knockout), lost 39 (23 by knockout) and had two draws.

He won his first nine pro bouts, which set him up for a shot at the vacant Canadian lightweight title in May, 1934. Toronto’s Tommy Bland took the title on a split decision over Carroll. Five months later, Carroll challenged Bland again for the national title, but fell short on points.

Carroll’s only other national title fight came in September, 1935, when he was defeated by Gordon Wallace of Vancouver for the welterweight championship on points inside Ottawa’s Auditorium. Two years later in Toronto, Carroll scored a unanimous decision over Wallace, who was ranked eighth in the world.

His career took him to some of North America’s top fighting centre’s like Toronto, Montreal, New York City and Chicago. When he went on a one-year tour of Texas in 1938-39, he won 11 of his 16 bouts under the name Irish/Danny Doran.

He died in 1965 at age 50. Carroll was inducted into the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame in 1974.