Matthew Lloyd
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| Birth | April 16, 1978, |
| Recruited from | Avondale Heights/Western U18 |
| Height/Weight | 192cm / 92kg |
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| Debut | Round 14, July 8, 1995, Essendon vs. Adelaide, at Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Team(s) | Essendon
212 games, 767 goals |
| ¹ Statistics to end of 2006 season | |
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Matthew James Lloyd (born April 16, 1978) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for and is captain of the Essendon Bombers in the Australian Football League. Widely regarded as the best full-forward currently playing, he is the leading goal scorer of all time for Essendon.
The key features of Lloyd's game are his powerful marks on the lead (particularly overhead), his use of his body in a defensive capacity and deadly accurate goal kicking, particularly from set shots, off either foot. He converts a vast majority of set shots inside the 50-metre arc, and kicks further than 50 metres on a regular basis. This goalscoring ability has been a key part to his game, allowing his team to outscore opponents even when bested in other areas of the field and has enabled him to top the Essendon goal scoring for nine consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2005.
Matthew attended St Bernard's College Essendon, a school renowned for its sporting prowess. After being picked up in the 1995 Pre-season draft as a "compensatory selection" that was traded away by Fremantle, the Bombers picked up what would be one of their all-time greats for a relative pittance in the draft. Lloyd was heralded as a future football star after his AFL debut in 1995, where he scored a goal with his first kick in league football. Lloyd has since gone on to be selected in the All Australian Team on five occasions (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003), has won the Coleman Medal for kicking the most goals in the regular season three times, (2000, 2001 and 2003), and has twice kicked more than 100 goals in a season (109 in 2000 and 105 in 2001).
Lloyd was a member of Essendon's 2000 premiership team, and has been vice captain of Essendon since the 2000 season. 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. This is despite the fact he was only 24 at the time, and only 7 seasons into his playing career.
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[edit] 2006 Season
Round 1, 2006 saw the Bombers play the Sydney Swans at Telstra Dome on April Fools Day. After the Swans had kicked the opening goal of the match, Lloyd went riot and kicked six goals, prompting Swans coach Paul Roos to take Leo Barry off the captain and hand the Lloyd job to ex-Bomber Ted Richards. Lloyd did not kick a single major in the second quarter but kicked two more goals to win the match for the Bombers.
Midway through the third quarter of the Essendon vs. Bulldogs match on April 16th, opponent Brian Harris accidentally fell on Lloyd as he tried to mark the ball. Lloyd walked off the ground with the aid of trainers and did not return for the rest of the match. Following scans, a week later it was revealed that there was a tear in the hamstring tendon which consequently ruled him out for the rest of the season. This prompted Bombers coach Kevin Sheedy to hand back the captaincy to Hird for the next two rounds before appointing David Hille as captain for the remainder of 2006.
Lloyd will make his comeback against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on April 1st in round one, 2007.
[edit] Personal Life
His parents are John and Bev Lloyd. John played 29 games for the Carlton Football Club from 1965-1967 and was also a diplomat. The Lloyds moved to Scotland for 3 years because of John's work, and it was there that Lloyd picked up rugby and soccer by playing for his Curry club.
Lloyd attended St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School in Avondale Heights before moving on St Bernards College, Essendon.
On 9th November 2002 Lloyd married his childhood sweetheart Lisa-Marie Caparello, known as Lisa, at Xavier College Chapel. They were first introduced by a mutual friend at a party when they were in Year 12 and have been together ever since. Their lavish 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. Lloyd wore a suit by Pino Ciano while Lisa wore a gown by Armadale designer Jane Hill.
Lisa has appeared on The Footy Show's singing competition, "Screamers" and was also a regular presenter on Fox Footy's "Living With Footballers" before the show was cancelled at the end of 2004. She has studied singing, taught herself piano, worked for Ricky Nixon's sports management company "Flying Start" and now works as a Hyperbaric Technician.
On the 20th June 2006 it was announced that they were expecting their first child. At 7:20pm on the 15th December 2006 Lisa gave birth to a baby girl, Jaeda Ruby, who weighed in at 9 pounds, 4 ounces.
Lloyd has 2 older brothers, Simon, who is the High Performance Manager at the Collingwood Football Club, and Brad, who is the former captain of the Willimastown Football Club, and one older sister, Kylie who is the Unit Manager at The Footy Show. His background is Italian and English.
[edit] Trivia
Lloyd's favourite movie is The Shawshank Redemption.
He barracked for Fitzroy Football Club when he was young because in the first game he attended, Fitzroy player Bernie Quinlan kicked 9 goals.
When he proposed to Lisa at the end of 2001 he filled his city apartment with roses and candles.
Fellow Essendon Football Club player Mark McVeigh was one of his groomsmen on his wedding day - brother Brad was the best man and other brother Simon was his third groomsmen. Lisa's bridesmaid's were her sister, Tania Lamanna, Lloyd's sister Kylie and her maid of honour was her best friend Emma .
His first job was working at Hoyts Candy Bar at Highpoint Shopping Centre.
He co-hosted children's AFL show Auskick'n Around on Fox Footy Channel with Brad Johnson from the Western Bulldogs Football Club before it was cancelled at the end of 2005.
In 2005, Lloyd and Lisa were contestants on AFL Lovematch - a gameshow that was on Fox Footy Channel where AFL couples are tested on how well they know each other. They won, defeating Luke Livingston and his partner.
In 2006 Lloyd had a weekly spot as a panelist on Fox Footy's "White Line Fever" and after being forced to spend an extended time off the field because of injury, has become recognised for his informative views on all things football.
Lloyd is the number one ticket holder for the Essendon Cricket Club for the 2006/2007 season.
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| Preceded by Scott Cummings |
Coleman Medallist 2000-2001 |
Succeeded by David Neitz |
| Preceded by David Neitz |
Coleman Medallist 2003 |
Succeeded by Fraser Gehrig |
