Mary Gail Sullivan

Mary Gail Sullivan is a former American rugby union player. She captained the at the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup held in Wales.

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.
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. She also served as department chair of the Massage Technique department and went into private practice in 1992.
In 2017 Sullivan and the 1991 World Cup squad were inducted into the United States Rugby Hall of Fame.