William John Griffiths (5 April 1879 – 16 October 1928) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
[1] He appeared eight times for Fitzroy in the 1903 VFL season but was not selected in the finals.
[2] The following year he took the field with South Melbourne and played eight games in his first season and one more in 1905.
He was a member of the Elsternwick second eleven when he was killed in 1928, while practicing.
A ball had struck him on the head as he was attempting to take a catch and he suffered a skull fracture.