William Luff (25 December 1909 – 9 October 1981) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for
Essendon Essendon may refer to:
Australia
*Electoral district of Essendon
*Electoral district of Essendon and Flemington
*Essendon, Victoria
**Essendon railway station
**Essendon Airport
*Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League
United King ...
in the
Victorian Football League
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(VFL).
Football
The son of Richmond's
Bill Luff Sr., Luff was a good forward at
Camberwell
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Camberwell was first a village associated with the church of St Giles and a common of which Goose Green is a remnant. This e ...
before he came to Essendon
and topped the VFA's goal-kicking in 1933 with 106 goals. He continued this form when he arrived at Essendon the following season and kicked four goals on debut and five goals in just his third match.
He then returned to Camberwell in 1935 and again was the league's top goal-kicker, bagging 75 goals. The next five seasons were spent back with Essendon, who were suffering from a rare finals drought.
Camberwell "Team of the Century"
In 2003, Luff was announced as a
forward pocket
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in the official Camberwell "Team of the Century".
Footnotes
References
*Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
External links
*
William Luff, born 1909 at ''The VFA Project''.
1909 births
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club players
Camberwell Football Club players
1981 deaths
People from Richmond, Victoria
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