Mary Gail Sullivan
Date of birth (1962-01-06) January 6, 1962
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987–?  United States - (-)

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]

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]

References

  1. ↑ "US Women Eagles Win the Inaugural Women's World Cup". www.womeneagles.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mary Gail Sullivan". The Bodywork Education Project. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  3. ↑ Birch, John (2014-08-16). "An American Century: USA's 100th test". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  4. ↑ The Bodywork Education Project (2014). "Mary Gail Sullivan". Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
  5. ↑ marygailsullivanlmt.com. "Mary Gail Sullivan, LMT". Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Mary Gail Sullivan – Watertown Center for Healing Arts". www.watertowncenter.net. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  7. ↑ "MaryGail Sullivan, LMT - Biography". MaryGail Sullivan, LMT. Retrieved 2017-10-14.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ "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.
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