William Edward Libbis was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria on 2 July 1903.

He became a member of the successful Collingwood side which won four consecutive premierships from 1927 to 1930, Libbis the first rover for each grand final.

[3][4] Returning from his suspension, he only played in three matches before he was hospitalized and operated on for appendicitis.

At the beginning of the 1933 season Libbis protested against the player's weekly match payments being reduced and he was cleared to leave the club for Melbourne.

[9] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1903 is a stub.