Mary Gail Sullivan (born 6 January 1962) is a former American rugby union player. She captained the United States at the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Wales.[1][2]
| Date of birth | January 6, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editSullivan made her Eagles debut on November 14 1987 against Canada at Victoria, British Columbia. It was the first women's test match to be played outside of Europe.[3]
Sullivan's rugby career spanned over twenty years. She graduated from the Muscular Therapy Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1993 and taught there for fifteen years.[4][5][6] She also served as department chair of the Massage Technique department and went into private practice in 1992.[7]
In 2017 Sullivan and the 1991 World Cup squad were inducted into the United States Rugby Hall of Fame.[8][9]
References
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- ^ "Mary Gail Sullivan". The Bodywork Education Project. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ Birch, John (2014-08-16). "An American Century: USA's 100th test". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ The Bodywork Education Project (2014). "Mary Gail Sullivan". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ marygailsullivanlmt.com. "Mary Gail Sullivan, LMT". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
- ^ "Mary Gail Sullivan – Watertown Center for Healing Arts". www.watertowncenter.net. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ "MaryGail Sullivan, LMT - Biography". MaryGail Sullivan, LMT. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
- ^ Vizard, Brian (2020-07-05). "Meet the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame Class of 2017 – US Rugby Foundation". Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "This Is American Rugby: Past Eagles Attending Hall of Fame Induction". 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2022-04-09.