# William Webb Ellis

> William Webb Ellis was an English Anglican clergyman who, by tradition, has been credited as the inventor of rugby football while a pupil at Rugby School. According to legend, Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it during a school football match in 1823, thus creating the "rugby" style of play. Although the story has become firmly entrenched in the sport's folklore, it is not supported by first-hand evidence, and is discounted by most rugby historians as an origin myth.

*Anglican clergyman and allegedly the inventor of Rugby football (1806-1872)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-webb-ellis

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1806-11-24
- **Died:** 1872-02-24
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 20.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [William Webb Ellis](https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [ويليام ويب اليس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
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- [William Webb Ellis](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [Ուիլյամ Վեբ Էլլիս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B4_%D5%8E%D5%A5%D5%A2_%D4%B7%D5%AC%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BD)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [ウィリアム・ウェッブ・エリス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%83%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9)
- [윌리엄 웨브 엘리스](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84_%EC%9B%A8%EB%B8%8C_%EC%97%98%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
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- [William Webb Ellis](https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [Эллис, Уильям Уэбб](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B1%D0%B1)
- [Вилијам Веб Елис](https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BC_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B1_%D0%95%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81)
- [William Webb Ellis](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Webb_Ellis)
- [วิลเลียม เว็บบ์ เอลลิส](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%AA)
- [ولیم ویب ایلس](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A8_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q319318)

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