Mary Gail Sullivan Explained

Height:1.7 m
Weight:66 kg
Ru Position:Fullback
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Mary Gail Sullivan (born 6 January 1962) is a former American rugby union player. She captained the at the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Wales.[1] [2]

Biography

Sullivan 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: US Women Eagles Win the Inaugural Women's World Cup . www.womeneagles.com . 27 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090412204044/http://www.womeneagles.com/firstCup.html . 12 April 2009 . dead .
  2. Web site: Mary Gail Sullivan. The Bodywork Education Project. 2017-10-14.
  3. Web site: Birch . John . 2014-08-16 . An American Century: USA's 100th test . 2022-04-20 . Scrum Queens . en.
  4. Web site: Mary Gail Sullivan . The Bodywork Education Project . 2014 . 27 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141205110101/http://thebodyworkeducationproject.com/bios/maryGailSullivan.php . 5 December 2014 .
  5. Web site: Mary Gail Sullivan, LMT . marygailsullivanlmt.com . 28 November 2014.
  6. Web site: Mary Gail Sullivan – Watertown Center for Healing Arts. www.watertowncenter.net. en-US. 2017-10-14.
  7. Web site: MaryGail Sullivan, LMT - Biography. MaryGail Sullivan, LMT. 2017-10-14.
  8. Web site: Vizard . Brian . 2020-07-05 . Meet the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame Class of 2017 – US Rugby Foundation . https://web.archive.org/web/20200705120503/https://usrugbyfoundation.org/meet-the-u-s-rugby-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017/ . dead . 2020-07-05 . 2022-04-03 .
  9. Web site: 2020-06-25 . This Is American Rugby: Past Eagles Attending Hall of Fame Induction . https://web.archive.org/web/20200625175503/http://www.thisisamericanrugby.com/2017/06/past-eagles-attending-hall-of-fame.html . dead . 2020-06-25 . 2022-04-09 .

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