Jeff Lloyd | ||
Personal information | ||
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Nationality | England | |
Date of birth | 29 July 1914 | |
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | |
Date of death | 24 June 1997 | (aged 82)|
Current club information | ||
Career status | Retired | |
Career history | ||
Bristol Bulldogs Newcastle Diamonds New Cross Rangers Harringay Racers |
1936 1946-1947 1947-1950 1950-1954 |
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Individual honours | ||
None | ||
Team honours | ||
National League Champion National Trophy winner |
1948 1952 |
Alfred Jeffrey (Jeff) Lloyd (born 29 July 1914 in Birmingham, England) was a former international speedway who qualified for the Speedway World Championship finals three times.[1]
Lloyd, whose elder brother Wally also rode, took up speedway in 1936, first riding at Wembley before gaining further experience at Birmingham, before signing with Bristol Bulldogs. When speedway resumed in 1945 he returned, and was one of the top riders in National League Division Two in 1946.[2] He joined the Newcastle Diamonds in 1947, and finished the season averaging over ten points per match in Division Two.
In 1948 it was expected that he would be signed by a higher division team but he started the season with the Diamonds. A few weeks into the season, the New Cross Rangers signed Lloyd for a transfer fee of GB£1,000 (at the time the highest transfer fee in British speedway),[2] with Ken Le Breton transferring in the opposite direction. By then end of the season, he had won the National League championship.[3]
Lloyd was selected to represent England in the test series against Australia in the 1948 Ashes series.[4]
1950 saw Lloyd start the season with the Rangers but midway through the season he was transferred to the Harringay Racers, a move that was not popular with the New Cross fans. Whilst with the Racers he qualified for the Speedway World Championship final three times and was a member of the team that won the National Trophy in 1952.[5]
When the Racers closed down at the end of 1954, Lloyd retired.