KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -William Webb Ellis, Clergyman and alleged Inventor of Rugby Football 1806-1872. William Webb Ellis was born in Lancashire and attended Rugby School, where it is alleged that he was responsible for inventing the game of rugby football, i.e. changing a game of football from a kicking game to a handling game.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rugby football was created by William Webb Ellis who picked up the ball and ran with it in his arms during a football game at Rugby School in England.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to the sport’s lore, in 1823 William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, defied the conventions of the day (that the ball may only be kicked forward) to pick up the ball and run with it in a game, thus creating the distinct handling game of rugby football.

Detailed explanation-4: -Legend has it that in 1823, during a game of school football in the town of Rugby, England, a young man named William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran towards the opposition’s goal line.