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William Webb Ellis

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ENIGMA: THE WILLIAM WEBB ELLIS STORY

Schoolboy William Webb Ellis is purported to have invented Rugby Football when he ‘picked up the ball and ran’ in 1823. But who was Webb Ellis? Did he really invent the game? And what did he do next?

 

What you will see?

200 years after the mythical birth of Rugby Football, this exhibition seeks to illuminate the legacy of a rebel schoolboy whose name has gone down in history.

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Exhibition included in Museum entry, see website for more details.

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Enigma: The William Webb Ellis Story

Type:Exhibition

World Rugby Museum, Twickenham Stadium, 200 Whitton Road, Twickenham, London, TW2 7BA

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