William John Luff (15 January 1886 – 6 September 1952) was an Australian rules footballer who played with the Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Bill Luff | |||
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 Luff in 1910 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | William John Luff | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1886 | ||
| Place of birth | Hawthorn, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 1952 (aged 66) | ||
| Place of death | Blackburn, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Richmond Imperials | ||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1908–10 | Richmond | 39 (0) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of Richmond City Councillor, Charles Osborne Luff (1851-1922),[2] and Charlotte Luff (1854-1943), née Entwhistle,[3] William John Luff was born on 15 January 1886.
He married Sarah Ross (1888-1976) in 1909. Their son, William Norman Charles Luff, a.k.a. "Bill Luff" played with Camberwell in the VFA and, then, with Essendon in the VFL.
He died on 6 September 1952.[4]
Football
editHe was a "tall, lightly-built" half-back flanker, "who was a fine high mark [and] possessed sound judgement and a good football brain".[5]
Richmond (VFA)
editAlong with his brother Jim, Luff played for Richmond in the VFA competition from 1905 to 1907.
Richmond (VFL)
editRichmond entered the VFL competition in 1908; and Luff played with 39 senior games for Richmond over three seasons (1908-1910). He was the first Richmond (VFL) footballer to represent Victoria — he played three games for Victoria in the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival of 1908.
Prahran (VFA)
editHe transferred to Prahran in 1911.[6] Where he played one game. [7]
Beverley (MAFA)
editIn 1914, he was cleared from Prahran to the Beverley Football Club, in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association.[8]
See also
editFootnotes
edit- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.531.
- ^ Deaths: Luff, The Age, (Wednesday, 10 May 1922), p.1; Deaths: Luff, The Age, (Saturday, 13 May 1922), p.11.
- ^ Deaths: Luff, The Age, (Wednesday, 4 August 1943), p.6.
- ^ Deaths: Luff, The Argus, (Monday, 8 September 1952), p.14; Deaths: Luff, The Argus, (Monday, 8 September 1952), p.7.
- ^ Hogan (1996), p.128.
- ^ Football: Victorian Association: Permits Granted, The Age, (Friday, 28 April 1911), p.10.
- ^ https://thevfaproject.org/pages/Players/Luff,_William_b1886.php VFA project - Luff, William b1886
- ^ Metropolitan Amateur Association, The Argus, (Saturday, 27 June 1914), p.22.
References
edit- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Holmesby, R. & Main, J., The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (Tenth Edition), BAS Publishing, (Seaford, Victoria), 2014. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5
External links
edit
- Bill Luff Sr.'s playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Bill Luff Sr. at AustralianFootball.com
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