Where did they get the name rugby from?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Rugby is the name of the town where William Webb Ellis (the founder of the sport) was at School in 1823. The Rugby school at the time was a private male only school and still is one although it now mixed gender. Rugby is located in Warwickshire England

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