Barbara Bond (born August 9, 1962) is an American former

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player. She captained the at the first

Women's Rugby World Cup The Women's Rugby World Cup is the women's rugby union world championship which is organised by World Rugby. The first Rugby World Cup for women was held in 1991, but it was not until the 1998 tournament that the tournament received official b ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

. They defeated 19-6 in the final to claim the 1991 World Cup. She also participated at the

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, and

1998 Women's Rugby World Cup The 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup was the first world cup fully sanctioned by the International Rugby Board (IRB) and the third Women's Rugby World Cup in history. The tournament took place in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands and was the first women' ...

Life

She graduated from

Reed College Reed College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland, Portland, Oregon, E ...

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* https://www.usarugby.org/player/barb-bond/ *https://www.goffrugbyreport.com/news/25-years-ago-march-top-began *http://scrumhalfconnection.com/2016/04/15/91-usa-rugby-womens-rugby-world-cup-winners-honored/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, Barb Living people United States women's international rugby union players American female rugby union players 1962 births 21st-century American women Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American sportswomen