Matthew Lloyd is one of the famous Rules Footballer, who was born on the memorable day of April 16 in the year 1978. Matthew Lloyd is a proud citizen of Australia.
Highly decorated full-forward who spent the entirety of his 18-year career with the Essendon Football Club, scoring 926 goals in 270 games. He was the leading goal scorer for the club 12 times, a 5-time All-Australian team honoree, a 3-time Coleman Medal recipient and eventually an inductee of the Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Over the years, not only have skills been honed, but a significant impact has also been made in the professional field. Whether it's through work, public appearances, or contributions to the community, Matthew Lloyd continues to be an inspiration for many.
Personal Information
Details about Matthew Lloyd
Popular As:
Matthew Lloyd
First Name:
Matthew
Last Name:
Lloyd
Gender:
Male
Birthday:
April 16
Birth Year:
1978
Age:
45-years
Career
He was born to parents Bev and John Lloyd, his father being a former VFL player. He picked up both rugby and soccer during the 3-year period that he lived in Scotland due to his father’s work.
The Coventry End of Docklands Stadium was renamed the Lloyd End for Essendon home games. He began a career in media after his football career and co-authored an autobiography called Straight Shooter.
Family
His older brother Simon was an assistant coach at the Fremantle Football Club and his other older brother Brad previously played for Hawthorn. His older sister Kylie worked as the unit manager at The Footy Show. He has children named Jaeda Ruby, Kira Grace and Jacob Matthew with his wife Lisa Lloyd. In 2009, he knocked Brad Sewell unconscious, leading to a brawl between the opposing clubs.
Matthew Lloyd Timeline
1965
John Lloyd played 29 games for Carlton from 1965–1967 and coached the Braybrook Football Club to three premierships.
1980
The Essendon–Hawthorn rivalry is fierce, first reaching a flashpoint in the 1980s and peaking in the infamous Line in the Sand Match in 2004.
1995
Lloyd was drafted into the AFL as a 16-year-old in the 1995 Pre-season Draft as a "compensatory selection" that was awarded to Essendon by the AFL in return for losing Todd Ridley to the newly formed Fremantle Football Club.
1996
During Essendon's 1996 preliminary final against the Sydney Swans in Sydney, Lloyd ruptured his spleen in the second quarter.
1997
Lloyd's goal-scoring ability enabled him to top the Essendon goal scoring every year from 1997 to 2009, except for 2006 when he only played three games due to a serious hamstring injury.
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1998
Lloyd was selected in the All-Australian team on five occasions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), won the Coleman Medal for kicking the most goals in the regular season three times (2000, 2001 and 2003) and twice kicked more than 100 goals in a completed season (109 in 2000 and 105 in 2001; on both occasions he reached the milestone during the finals).
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1999
Lloyd last played for Victoria in 1999 against South Australia in the second-last-ever State of Origin game, kicking 3 goals and being named in the best players.
2000
Lloyd was a member of Essendon's 2000 premiership team and was captain of Essendon from 2006 to 2009.
2002
He was recognised for his achievements at Essendon in 2002 when he was ranked the 22nd-greatest player ever to play for the club in the "Champions of Essendon" list.
2003
Lloyd co-hosted children's AFL show Auskick'n Around on Fox Footy Channel with Brad Johnson from the Western Bulldogs from 2003 until it was cancelled at the end of 2005.
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2005
Their wedding was covered by New Idea magazine, and a documentary of the day, titled One Day in November, was also aired on Fox Footy Channel.
Lisa Lloyd appeared on The Footy Show's singing competition, Screamers, in 2005 and was also a regular presenter on Fox Footy's Living With Footballers.
2006
In 2006, the AFL introduced a "shot clock" to limit the amount of time that players had to take set shots; although Lloyd's ritual was not the longest in the league, its quirks made it so well known that the rule became commonly known as the "Lloyd Rule".
2007
In Round 20, 2007, Lloyd kicked a backheel goal whilst surrounded by opponents and was awarded the 2007 Goal of the Year.
2008
In Round 18 against the Melbourne Demons, Lloyd took a spectacular mark above five players to win the 2008 Mark of the Year.
2009
In Round 22, 2009, Lloyd hit Hawthorn player Brad Sewell with a heavy bump that left him unconscious and with facial injuries, and it led to a brawl between the two teams.
2010
Lloyd signed with the Network Ten AFL team as an expert commentator for the 2010 and 2011 AFL seasons on Channel Ten and One HD (he had already provided special commentary during various matches of the 2009 AFL season for the network), until Ten Sport lost the rights at the end of the 2011 AFL season.
2011
He also worked for radio station SEN, was a co-host of The Game Plan on One HD during 2011, and continued working for The Age.
2012
After Network Ten lost the AFL broadcasting rights, Lloyd joined the Nine Network for 2012 to be a panelist on The Footy Show and The Sunday Footy Show.
2013
In 2013, Lloyd was inducted as a member of the Australian Football Hall of Fame and as a Legend in the Essendon Football Club Hall of Fame.
2014
On 14 November 2014 it was announced that Lloyd would return to the Essendon Football Club as a part-time forwards coach, working closely with the club's forwards.
2022
Immediately after the mark, Lloyd recalled in a 2022 episode of The Sunday Footy Show that he roasted his opponent Matthew Warnock afterwards:.
