| Full name | Palmer College Rugby Football Club | |
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| Union | USA Rugby | |
| Founded | 1960; 66 years ago (1960) | |
| Location | Davenport, Iowa | |
| Ground | Centennial Park | |
| League | Midwest Rugby Premiership | |
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Palmer College Rugby Football Club is an Americanrugby union team based inDavenport, Iowa. The team plays in theMidwest Rugby Premiership and is the official rugby team of thePalmer College of Chiropractic, founded in 1897 by D.D. Palmer.[1]
The rugby program was started by David Palmer (grandson of the college's founder) in 1960. The men's team won multiple collegiate championships in the 1960s and 1970s. In the following decade, the team moved to the senior club division ofUSA Rugby, advancing to the national championships four times.[1]
Palmer added a women's program in 2004, established by Tracy Francis-Nguyen. The team reached the national playoffs for the first time in 2022.
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