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

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player. 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

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. He attended

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in Harpenden. Webb played over 300 games for

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and was capped by

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four times as a prop in the 1959 Five Nations. A wealthy businessman, Webb made considerable money selling his plant hire firm to

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. He died in 1978, piloting a

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helicopter that crashed at sea on the way back from

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, at the age of 47.

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