Johnny Lloyd

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Johnny Lloyd
Born24 August 1907 (1907-08-24)
Birmingham, England
Died19 December 1985(1985-12-19) (aged 78)
Oxford, England
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1929 Hall Green Bulldogs
1929 Birmingham (Perry Barr)

John Peregrine Francis Lloyd (24 August 1907 - 19 December 1985) also known as Johnny Lloyd and Jack Lloyd was a motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the earliest days of the sport in Britain. [1] [2] [3]

Speedway career

Lloyd is significant in the fact that he finished top of the league averages during the inaugural season of speedway in Great Britain. His average was 10.80 in the 1929 Speedway Southern League, for the Hall Green Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were to withdraw from the league, which meant Lloyd's feat was largely forgotten. When the Bulldogs withdrew, he joined the Birmingham (Perry Barr) team, who finished in ninth place. [4]

He retired early from speedway at the end of the 1929 season to pursue a medical career. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Birmingham Hall Green 1929" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "ULTIMATE RIDER INDEX, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "Rider averages 1929 to 2009" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  4. ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Decisive win for Perry Barr" . Birmingham Daily Gazette. 14 October 1929. Retrieved 21 August 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.


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