# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-webb-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:39:07.859Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-webb-ellis"
name: "William Webb Ellis"
slug: "william-webb-ellis"
description: "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."
tagline: "Anglican clergyman and allegedly the inventor of Rugby football (1806-1872)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_Webb_Ellis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1806-11-24"
deathDate: "1872-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.65
  momentum:             0.2196078431372549
  historical:           20.12096533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump