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...

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...

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

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...

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...

"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...