A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, Luster later moved westwards where he graduated from Belmont High School in Los Angeles, California.

[1] During the 1958, 1959, and 1960 NCAA seasons with the UCLA football team, he played on defense and offense (at the back and end positions) and caught 44 passes for 728 yards and eight touchdowns.

[2] During the summer of 1959, the movie Sergeant Rutledge was in production in Utah and Luster and his UCLA football teammate Gene Gaines both got one of the eleven uncredited roles as a trooper created by the film's Director, John Ford, according to AFI.com and IMDb.com.

[3] Luster was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1960 NFL draft, and by the rival AFL's Buffalo Bills but opted instead to play in the Canadian Football League (CFL).

In November 2006, he was selected by the Canadian sports network TSN as one of the Top 50 players (#35) of the CFL's modern era.