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Mary Dixey
Date of birth (1961-02-25) 25 February 1961
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight61.5 kg (136 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987-1996 Beantown RFC 100+ (500+)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1991-1994  United States 5 (5)
Coaching career
Years Team
1993-2001, 2002-2006 Radcliffe Rugby, Yale WRFC

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]


References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Wise, Chad (January 19, 2017). "THROWBACK THURSDAY: EAGLES LAND IN WALES". USA Rugby. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ "USA Women's Rugby World Cup 1991 Champions Reunite at Atlanta 7s". djcoilrugby. April 7, 2016. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  4. ↑ Young, Wendy (April 15, 2016). "'91 USA Rugby Women's Rugby World Cup Winners Honored". YSCRugby | Women's Rugby News. Retrieved March 22, 2022.
  5. ↑ "1991 USA Women's Team | US Rugby Foundation". www.usrugbyfoundation.org. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Radcliffe Ruggers Short on Size, Long on Bruises, All-Out on Field | Sports | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
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