Oliver Luck

Oliver Luck was a three-year starting quarterback (1979-81) who totalled a school records in career touchdown passes (43), completions (466) and pass attempts (911). He also ranks second in career passing yards with 5,765.

A Cleveland, Ohio, native, Luck still ranks in the top 10 of nearly every career passing category: total offense, 200-yard passing games, 200-yard total offense games, pass efficiency rating, completion percentage and quarterback rushing yards.

Luck's single season records are just as impressive, leading in touchdown passes (19 in 1980), pass completions (216 in 1981) and pass attempts (394 in 1981). His name appears in the single season top 10 for total offense, passing yards, passing efficiency and quarterback rushing yards. He also set the school single game record with 34 completions (48 attempts) in a memorable 27-24 1981 loss at Syracuse.

Though WVU was just 22-24 overall in his four years, the Mountaineers posted a 15-9 mark Luck's final two seasons. As a senior in 1981, Luck led the Mountaineers to their first winning season in six years as WVU went 9-3 and defeated Florida 26-6 in the Peach Bowl.

Luck was a 4.0 honor student in history, a Rhodes Scholar finalist, a National Football Foundation Scholar and a two-time GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-American who graduated magna cum laude from WVU in 1982. He was named WVU's MVP in 1980 and 1981 and won the 1981 Louis D. Meisel Award.

Luck was selected in the second round of the NFL draft by the Houston Oilers and served as the Oilers' backup quarterback from 1982-86. After playing five seasons with the Oilers, Luck earned his law degree from Texas in 1987.

He then practiced law in Germany before being named general manager of the Frankfurt Galaxy in 1990. Under Luck's leadership, the Galaxy led the league in attendance and were one of the most prosperous of the 10 original World League of American Football teams. When the league was relaunched in 1995, Luck was assigned to the Rhein Fire club based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

For the past two years, Luck has served as president of the World League and is the general manager of European operations for the NFL. The World League's offices are located in London.

Luck and his wife Kathy, who is also a lawyer, have four children.