When did William Webb Ellis died?

Answer 1

William Webb Ellis created the game of rugby! He ran into the middle of a soccer gameand picked up the ball and started running with it. This is why the rugby world cup trophy is called the Webb Ellis trophy. This is the myth, anyway. In actual fact, at the time Webb Ellis was at Rugby school, soccer as a recognisable sport did not exist - like many public schools at the time, Rugby played its own "brand" of team ball sport, which changed year-on-year as new boys joined and old ones left. The offence Webb Ellis is actually meant to have committed was not holding the ball, which was allowed by the school rules at the time, but to have run with the ball after making a fair catch (or "mark"), rather than kicking it away. However, even this story was only reported years later by a man who did not witness the event himself, but instead relied on a second-hand source whose identity he refused to reveal.

Answer 2

He died of natural causes. Having never married he died in the south of France on 24th February 1872, leaving an estate of £9,000, mostly to various charities. His grave in "le cimetière du vieux château" at Menton in Alpes Maritimes was rediscovered by Ross McWhirter (of the Guinness book of record fame) in 1958 and has since been renovated by the French Rugby Federation

Answer 3

On November 24 1806, William Webb Ellis was born.

Webb Ellis was a schoolboy at Rugby School, Warwickshire in England who, bored with the slow pace of a football game, picked up the ball and ran with it, thus creating the game of rugby.

Web Ellis was born in Salford on November 24th 1806, the son of an army officer who fell at the battle of Albuera, 1812, while serving under the Duke of Wellington. William's mother decided to move to Rugby, Warwickshire in order to give her sons an education at Rugby public school.

Webb Ellis attended Rugby School from 1816 to 1825, during which time; he was noted as a good scholar and a fine cricketer. The incident where Webb Ellis picked up and ran with the ball in his hands occurred in 1823 and is commemorated by a plaque at the Rugby School [Rugby, Warwickshire, CV22 5DS].

Whether the incident actually took place or not, has been hotly disputed. It was first reported, four years after Webb Ellis died, by Matthew Bloxham, a historian, who tried to refute the idea that game of rugby had been played for centuries. Thomas Hughes, author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, who had attended the school from 1834 to 1842, stated that running with the ball was unknown during his time. What is certain is Rugby School developed its own special rules of football which led to the creation of the modern sport of rugby. The Rugby Union authorities certainly believe the story, as the current Rugby World Cup trophy is named the 'William Webb Ellis Cup'.

After leaving Rugby School, Webb Ellis went to Oxford where he represented Brazenose College at cricket. Later he became a clergyman and was noted for his outspoken views on a variety of subjects, in particular the conduct of the Crimean War.

Webb Ellis died in the south of France on 24th January 1872 and is buried in the town of Menton. [ Cimetiere du Vieux Chateau a Menton.Plot number 957]

Answer 4

William Webb Ellis 24 November 1806 - 24 January 1872

Answer 5

24 February 1872 in the South of France