Mary Dixey
 1991 WRWC and #RWC2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Petaluma, CA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61.5 kg (136 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mary Dixey (born 25 February 1961) is an American former rugby union player. She was a member of the United States squad that won the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup defeating England 19-6 in the final.[1][2][3][4] She played at the Flyhalf position for the Women's Eagles. Her Eagle appearances include matches against The Netherlands, Wales (co-captain), Canada, Japan, and Ireland. She scored a try as an Eagle in the United States v. Ireland quarter-final match in the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2017, she was inducted into the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame as a member of the 1991 Rugby World Cup team.[5] Dixey's club is Beantown RFC and she was part of the coaching staff of Radcliffe Rugby at Harvard University from 1993 to 2001.[6] [7]
References
[edit]- ^ "US Women Eagles Win the Inaugural Women's World Cup". www.womeneagles.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2009. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
- ^ Wise, Chad (January 19, 2017). "THROWBACK THURSDAY: EAGLES LAND IN WALES". USA Rugby. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "USA Women's Rugby World Cup 1991 Champions Reunite at Atlanta 7s". djcoilrugby. April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ Young, Wendy (April 15, 2016). "'91 USA Rugby Women's Rugby World Cup Winners Honored". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
- ^ "1991 USA Women's Team | US Rugby Foundation". www.usrugbyfoundation.org. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ "Radcliffe Ruggers Short on Size, Long on Bruises, All-Out on Field | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
- ^ "Radcliffe Rugby Ends Challenging Year in Triumph| Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.