Tucka Healy Explained

Tucka Healy
Full Name:Margaret J. Healy[1]
Birth Date:20 September 1962[2]
Birth Place:Colorado, United States
Position:Forward[3]
Collegeyears1:1981–1985
College1:California Golden Bears
Collegecaps1:?
Collegegoals1:45+
Clubs1:California Tremors
Clubs2:San Francisco Vikings
Nationalyears1:1985
Nationalteam1:United States
Nationalcaps1:3
Nationalgoals1:0

Margaret J. "Tucka" Healy (born September 20, 1962) is an American former soccer player who played as a forward, making three appearances for the United States women's national team. She later worked as an employee for Google.[4]

Career

In college, Healy played for the California Golden Bears from 1981 to 1985, though she missed the 1984 season. Her first season in 1981 was under the AIAW, while the remaining were in the NCAA. In her NCAA career, she scored 45 goals and had 10 assists. She was an NSCAA Third Team All-American in 1983 and 1985, and was included in the NSCAA All-Region team in 1985.[5] In 2015, she was inducted into the "Lair of Legends" of the California Golden Bears, as part of the athletics hall of fame.[6]

Healy made her international debut for the United States in the team's inaugural match on August 18, 1985 at the Mundialito against hosts Italy. In total, she made three appearances for the U.S. at the tournament, earning her final cap on August 24, 1985 against Denmark.[7]

Personal life

Healy was born to Mary and John Helding "Jack" Healy,[8] one of five children. At a young age, her family moved from the Denver area to Palo Alto, California.[9] Healy was employee 81 at Google in Mountain View, California,[10] where she worked as an enterprise sales manager,[3] and later for the YouTube partner program, Google Fiber, and YouTube TV.[11] [12]

Career statistics

International

Notes and References

  1. Cal Athletics Fund – Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2018 . . 22 . February 7, 2019 . July 22, 2020.
  2. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950–1993 . 2 . 2010 . Ancestry.com.
  3. News: U.S. WNT Flashback – 20th Anniversary of First-Ever Match: Tucka Healy . USSoccer.com . . August 10, 2019 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060704054033/http://www.ussoccer.com/articles/viewArticle.jsp_223611.html . July 4, 2006.
  4. Tucka Healy . May 11, 2015 . Television production . June 3, 2020 . 1:02 . . YouTube.
  5. Web site: Cal Women's Soccer 2016 Record Book . . 2016 . August 10, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810073810/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/calberk.sidearmsports.com/documents/2016/9/22/2016_Cal_WSOC_Record_Book_FINAL.pdf . August 10, 2019.
  6. News: . Women's Soccer Inducts Nine Into Inaugural Lair of Legends . . May 7, 2015 . August 10, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190810073956/https://calbears.com/sports/2015/5/7/210084015.aspx . August 10, 2019.
  7. Web site: 2019 U.S. Women's National Team Media Guide . . 2019 . August 10, 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190808074101/https://d1dhn91mufybwl.cloudfront.net/downloads/pdfs/fdxnf1dwi/fdxnf1dwi_print.pdf . August 8, 2019.
  8. Web site: John Helding Healy . . . March 9, 2012 . June 3, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603054424/https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/mercurynews/obituary.aspx?n=john-helding-healy&pid=156373572 . June 3, 2020.
  9. News: Big Five-Oh . Greenmeadow Community Association . 4–5 . December 2001 . June 3, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603054431/https://greenmeadow.org/meadowlarks/2001/December.pdf . June 3, 2020.
  10. Austen . Ben . The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video . . December 16, 2011 . June 3, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603054435/https://www.wired.com/2011/12/ff_youtube/ . June 3, 2020.
  11. News: Thomas . Owen . A Key YouTube Exec Has Moved To Google Fiber . . August 6, 2012 . June 3, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200603054440/https://www.businessinsider.com/margaret-healy-youtube-google-fiber-2012-8 . June 3, 2020.
  12. Web site: Margaret Healy . . June 3, 2020 . registration . live . https://archive.today/20220106225127/https://www.linkedin.com/in/margarethealy/%23 . January 6, 2022.