with folklore proclaiming the game started when William Webb Ellis ran with a football at Rugby School, central England, in 1823. But researchers argue children should no longer participate in ...

Wow, how did he manage that then? William, or Bill to his mates, was a pupil at posh Rugby School in Warwickshire during the early 19th century. During a football training session in 1823 the 16 year ...

The most widely accepted version of the game's origins describes how in 1823, William Webb Ellis, a pupil at Rugby School, invented the game when he picked up a football and ran towards the ...

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