Variety: Leslie Odom, Jr. and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Join Storm Reid in Teyana Taylor’s Directorial Debut ‘Get Lite’ (EXCLUSIVE)
- #news
- #headline
Figure timeline
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 f…
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
science · English cleric and alleged inventor of rugby · rugby union player · cleric · inventor · cricketer · also William Webb Ellis, Ellis
Born 24 November 1806 · Died 24 February 1872 · Q319318
21 published statements · 0 followers
See & hear
Photos & media
3 photos
Media from Wikimedia Commons, hotlinked at the source under its own licence — see each file for author and terms.
Live now
In the news
Pulling headlines from trusted outlets — this usually takes a few seconds
Checking the wires…
Feed scan
These are live links, not archived citations — they only join the timeline once a collect run verifies and archives them.
Live pulse
Recent highlights
Most recent outstanding titles, awards, and quotes
- Quote
- Quote
I think Bill Clinton was a great President. You know, you look at the country then - the economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean, we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell.
70%Wikiquote (en)Source
2026· 1 entry
2021· 1 entry
“A f---inng rapist, a war criminal, and a pathological liar.”
- #wikiquote
- #quote
2011· 1 entry
“I think Bill Clinton was a great President. You know, you look at the country then - the economy was doing great. Look at what happened during the Clinton years. I mean, we had no war, the economy was doing great, everybody was happy. A lot of people hated him because they were jealous as hell.”
- #wikiquote
- #quote
1958· 1 entry
Was renovated by the Riviera Hash House Harriers in 2003 and is now maintained by the French Rugby Federation
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1897· 1 entry
The old Rugbeian Society concluded that Matthew Bloxam's account, written in 1880, was correct and placed a plaque on the Close in 1900 stating William Webb Ellis's actions originated the distinctive feature of the game
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1895· 2 entries
At a time when divisions within the sport led to the schism: the split into the sports of rugby league and rugby union
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
The Badminton Library published "Athletics and Football" in which the author Mr Montague Sherman gave an account of the origins of rugby football
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1889· 1 entry
The Old Rugbeian Society was founded by members of the School's alumni, their aim was to fund the appointment of a cricket professional to coach pupils in the sport
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1883· 1 entry
At a lecture to the Rugby School Natural History Society
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1876· 2 entries
Arthur George Guillemard, a former Rugby School pupil and one of the founders of the Rugby Union, wrote to The Standard asking what the origins of rugby football were
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
And were investigated by the Old Rugbeian Society in 1895, producing a report in 1897 supporting Matthew Bloxam's accounts
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1872· 2 entries
Died 1872-02-24.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #death
Leaving an estate of £9,000, mostly to various charities
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1855· 1 entry
Became rector of Magdalen Laver in Essex
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1854· 1 entry
After he gave a particularly stirring sermon on the subject of the Crimean War
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1845· 1 entry
Boys at the school first wrote down an agreed set of rules for the version of football played at Rugby School, which is now rugby football
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1826· 1 entry
Went to Brasenose College, Oxford, aged 20
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1816· 1 entry
Who in the second half year of 1823, was, I believe, a praepostor, whilst playing Bigside at football in that half year, caught the ball in his arms
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1809· 1 entry
Joining them in Portugal, he was killed during the Peninsular War in a cavalry action near Albuera on 1 July 1812
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event
1806· 1 entry
Born 1806-11-24.
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikidata
- #birth
1804· 1 entry
To Ann, daughter of William Webb, a surgeon, of Alton, Hampshire
Text from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- #wikipedia
- #event