Rodney Webb Explained

Rodney Webb
Birth Name:Rodney Edward Webb
Birth Date:18 August 1943
Birth Place:Newbold-on-Avon, England
Position:wing
Amatteam1:Newbold-on-Avon RFC
Amatteam2:Coventry RFC
Amatteam3:Midlands
Amatteam4:Warwickshire
Amatteam5:Barbarian F.C.
Repteam1:England
Repyears1:1967—1972
Repcaps1:12
Reppoints1:6
Relatives:Dick Webb (brother)
School:Newbold Grange High School

Rodney Edward Webb (born 18 August 1943) is a former international rugby union player.[1]

He was capped twelve times as a wing for England between 1967 and 1972.

In 1983, Webb took over the Gilbert company in Rugby, Warwickshire, which supplied Rugby Balls. He conceived the idea of turning the company's premises into a museum, as at the time there was no museum in Britain dedicated solely to the game of rugby football. It was opened to the public as the Webb Ellis Rugby Football Museum four years later in April 1987.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rodney Webb . espnscrum.com . 1 December 2012.
  2. 'Aspects of 20th Century Rugby' - Rugby Local History Research Group, pages 79-80