The Chicago Silverbacks originally started as a group of Pritzker College Prep alumni practicing for an Alumni game vs the high school game. After the game was over, they decided that they wanted to continue practicing and eventually play against other teams. Shorty after, the team was opened up to alumni from any Noble campus as well as staff members. The Outreach Program was started by Graham L
awson, who believed that together with the Chicago Park Districts, we could create a program that would decrease gang involvement, violence, and drug use in our youth and our community. Through the program, the Silverbacks would welcome all members of the community, thus keep young men off the streets. Also through the programs, members of the team would volunteer at local park districts to promote and teach the game of rugby to the youth.
