Tara Flanagan

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Tara Flanagan
Date of birth (1963-10-18) October 18, 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth San Francisco
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
1991 United States

Tara Flanagan (born in October 18, 1963, San Francisco) is a Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California in the County of Alameda, [1] [2] and former rugby union player. She was a member of the victorious United States 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup squad and also played in the following World Cup in 1994. [3] [4] [2]

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Life

Flanagan earned a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University, Northridge. She lived in England while in pursuit of her rugby dreams. She enrolled at the Southwestern Law School after the 1994 World Cup and received her Juris Doctor degree in 1998. [5]

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