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Rodney Webb

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Rodney Webb
Birth nameRodney Edward Webb
Date of birth (1943-08-18) 18 August 1943 (age 81)
Place of birthNewbold-on-Avon, England
SchoolNewbold Grange High School
Notable relative(s)Dick Webb (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) wing
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Newbold-on-Avon RFC
Coventry RFC
Midlands
Warwickshire
Barbarian F.C.
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International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1967—1972 England 12 (6)

Rodney Edward Webb (born 18 August 1943) is a former England 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]

References

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