Bill Carroll was a sports figure in the United States and is best known from his accomplishments as a pole vaulter

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

 and later coach of the Track & Field and Cross Country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

 teams at the University of Oklahoma

University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma is a coeducational public research university located in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two became the state of Oklahoma. the university had 29,931 students enrolled, most located at its...

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Pole Vault

Carroll was a world-ranked pole vaulter at the University of Oklahoma. He was the number 7 pole vaulter in the world in 1949, and moved up to the number six position in 1950. Those same years, he was ranked sixth and then fifth in the US. Carroll tied for second place at the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 1949 with a height of 14 feet.

Carroll also enjoyed succes as a high school athlete, winning the Oklahoma state high school championship in 1944. While competing in collete, he set the record at the 1950 Kansas Relays with a vault of 14 feet 5 inches and set the record for the Big 7 Outdoor championship.

Southwestern College

Carroll was the 14th head football coach for the Southwestern College Moundbuilders

Southwestern College Moundbuilders

Southwestern College athletic teams are known as the Moundbuilders . They participate in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference.Men's Sports* Basketball...

 in Winfield, Kansas

Winfield, Kansas

Winfield is a city situated along the Walnut River in the west-central part of Cowley County, located in South Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,301...

 and held that position 2 seasons for 1952 and 1953. His coaching record at Southwestern was 2 wins, 15 losses, and 1 tie. This ranks him 26th at Southwestern in total wins and 26th at Southwestern in total winning percentage (as of completion of the 2007 season).

University of Oklahoma

Carroll was an assistant and later head coach at the University of Oklahoma for the Track & Field and Cross Country teams from 1959 until 1964.

External links

• Oklahoma Sooners official athletic site
• Southwestern College official football team site