| Bill Luff | |
| Fullname: | William John Luff |
| Birth Date: | 15 January 1886 |
| Birth Place: | Hawthorn, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Blackburn, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | Richmond Imperials |
| Height: | 191 cm |
| Weight: | 73 kg |
| Statsend: | 1910 |
| Years1: | 1908–10 |
| Games Goals1: | 39 (0) |
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]