Larry Webb

St Lawrence Hugh Webb (7 March 1931 – 30 May 1978) was an English international rugby union player.

Larry Webb

Full name	St Lawrence Hugh Webb
Date of birth	(1931-03-07)7 March 1931
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of death	30 May 1978(1978-05-30) (aged 47)
Place of death	at sea
School	St George's School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1959 England 4 (0)

Born in Melbourne, Australia, Webb was the son of a property developer who owned the Chequers Cinema in St Albans, Hertfordshire, and grew up in the village of Redbourn. He attended St George's School in Harpenden.^[1]

Webb played over 300 games for Bedford and was capped by England four times as a prop in the 1959 Five Nations.^[2]

A wealthy businessman, Webb made considerable money selling his plant hire firm to Bovis Construction.^[2] He died in 1978, piloting a Bell 206 helicopter that crashed at sea on the way back from Le Touquet, at the age of 47.^[2][3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players