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) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]
The 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]
He was a "tall, lightly-built" half-back flanker, "who was a fine high mark [and] possessed sound judgement and a good football brain". [5]
Along with his brother Jim, Luff played for Richmond in the VFA competition from 1905 to 1907.
Richmond 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.
He transferred to Prahran in 1911. [6] Where he played one game. [7]
In 1914, he was cleared from Prahran to the Beverley Football Club, in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association. [8]
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) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1910. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]
The 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]
He was a "tall, lightly-built" half-back flanker, "who was a fine high mark [and] possessed sound judgement and a good football brain". [5]
Along with his brother Jim, Luff played for Richmond in the VFA competition from 1905 to 1907.
Richmond 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.
He transferred to Prahran in 1911. [6] Where he played one game. [7]
In 1914, he was cleared from Prahran to the Beverley Football Club, in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association. [8]