Elise Huffer is an Academic and former American rugby union player. She was a member of the United States squad that won the inaugural 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup in Wales.[1][2][3] She also featured at the 1994 Women's Rugby World Cup in Scotland.[4]
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Huffer was born to an American mother and a French father. She has studied in the United States and France.[4] She is a graduate of UCLA.[5] Huffer has worked for 11 years in the Pacific Studies Program as a Senior Lecturer and as an Associate Professor at the University of the South Pacific.[4] She also served as Human Development Adviser for the then South Pacific Commission.[4]
Huffer and the 1991 World Cup squad were inducted into the United States Rugby Hall of Fame in 2017.[6][7]
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- ^ Wise, Chad (2017-01-19). "Throwback Thursday: Eagles Land In Wales". USA Rugby. Archived from the original on 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ^ a b c d "Elise Huffer – New SPC Human Development Adviser". www.scoop.co.nz. 2008-01-22. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ "15 Colleges that Shaped Women's Rugby". USWRF-WRCRA. 2021-02-25. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
- ^ Vizard, Brian (2020-07-05). "Meet the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame Class of 2017 – US Rugby Foundation". Archived from the original on 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2022-04-03.
- ^ "This Is American Rugby: Past Eagles Attending Hall of Fame Induction". 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2022-04-09.