William Webb Ellis

William Webb Ellis
William Webb Ellis

The Reverend William Webb Ellis was an English Anglican clergyman and the supposed inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823, thus creating the "rugby" style of play. Although the story has become firmly entrenched in the sport's folklore, it is not supported by substantive evidence, and is discounted by most rugby historians as an origin myth.

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Male
Date of Birth
November 24th, 1806
Age
217
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
February 24th, 1872
Died Aged
65
Star Sign
Sagittarius
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