historians as an origin myth. The Webb Ellis Cup is presented to the winners of the Rugby World Cup. William Webb Ellis was born in Salford, Lancashire...

competition in men's international rugby union. The Cup is named after William Webb Ellis, who is often credited as being the inventor of rugby football. The...

William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), Anglican clergyman, allegedly the inventor of rugby football Billy Ellis (1895–1939), English footballer Bill Ellis (1919–2007)...

Gothic architecture. He was the original source of the legend of William Webb Ellis' invention of the game of Rugby football. Bloxam was born on 12 May...

international governing body. The winners are awarded the Webb Ellis Cup, named after William Webb Ellis who, according to a popular legend, invented rugby by...

according to legend, was invented in 1823 by a Rugby schoolboy named William Webb Ellis. Rugby remained a small and fairly unimportant town until the mid-19th...

Warwickshire, England, near Rugby School. It takes its name from William Webb Ellis, who is credited with inventing the game of rugby football. The building...

in the bicentenary year of the purported invention of the sport by William Webb Ellis. The tournament was scheduled to last six weeks, but in February 2021...

"running with the ball" at Rugby School to the actions of William Webb Ellis in 1823: [Ellis] caught the ball in his arms. This being so, according to...

There were thus no formal rules for football during the time that William Webb Ellis was at the school (1816–25) and the story of the boy "who with a fine...

(1974-1991) Richard Barnes, bishop in the Church of England (1567–1579) William Webb Ellis, Anglican clergyman; allegedly the inventor of rugby football whilst...

Wreford-Brown. It has been speculated that both this story and the William Webb Ellis rugby story are apocryphal, however this appears to be a revision...

William or Bill Webb may refer to: William Benning Webb (1825–1896), American politician and attorney William C. Webb (1824–1898), member of the Wisconsin...

aptitude test. The school's founder, William Ellis (not to be confused with the inventor of rugby football, William Webb Ellis) was a public-spirited businessman...

Rugby Football Club (abbreviated to BNCRFC) can draw association with William Webb Ellis, who is often credited as the inventor of the game and studied at...

became increasingly influential in late 19th century science. Rev. William Webb Ellis (1806–1872) was an Anglican clergyman who is famous for allegedly...

international in 1871 between England and Scotland, and (until 2005) the William Webb Ellis Cup which was obtained by England at the 2003 Rugby World Cup. Twickenham...

improbable and unexpected victory, and Mandela hands Pienaar the William Webb Ellis Cup, as the Springboks are now indeed rugby union's world champions...

school. The legend of William Webb Ellis and the origin of the game is commemorated by a plaque. The story is that Webb Ellis was the first to pick up...

building to be lit from large round-headed windows on the upper level. William Webb Ellis, often credited with the invention of Rugby football in 1823, was...

efforts within a highly complex long-term development to the myths of William Webb Ellis and Abner Doubleday, who have both been wrongly credited with inventing...

for them to adopt rough and tumble running games.[citation needed] William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, is said to have "with a fine disregard for...

American Civil War portal List of American Civil War generals (Union) William Webb Ellis, sometimes apocryphally credited with inventing rugby football Abner...

Awards ceremony in Glasgow, Scotland. The inaugural inductees were William Webb Ellis, who apocryphally caught the ball during a football game and ran with...

after South Africa beat New Zealand by one point to reclaim the William Webb Ellis Trophy and be the first team to have won the Rugby World Cup for the...

Scotland and Ireland. The game was arguably invented in 1823 by William Webb Ellis, and in 1871 the English Rugby Football Union was the first national...

town. William Webb Ellis (1806–1872), inventor of rugby. He lived in Menton at the end of his life and is buried in the old cemetery. William Butler...

Rugby football credited to William Webb Ellis (1806–1872). 1850: The format of the modern Olympic Games inspired by William Penny Brookes (1809–1895);...

the Premier 15s. Rugby in England is generally attributed to when William Webb Ellis "who with a fine disregard for the rules as played in his time, first...

soccer" (Granville, 1969, p. 29). But Ekblom opinions that like the William Webb Ellis rugby story it is most likely apocryphal. 19th Cent. Nov. 862. "When...