Johnny Lloyd

John Lloyd also known as Johnny Lloyd was a motorcycle speedway rider who rode in the earliest days of the sport in Britain.[1]

Johnny Lloyd
NationalityBritish (English)
Career history
1929Hall Green Bulldogs
1929Birmingham (Perry Barr)

Speedway career

Lloyd was one of three speedway brothers, the others being Wally Lloyd and Jeff Lloyd.[2]

He 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 and his brother Wally both joined the Birmingham (Perry Barr) team, who finished in ninth place.[3]

Unlike his brothers he retired early from speedway at the end of the 1929 season to pursue a medical career. He did however make a brief reappearance in 1930.[4]

References
  1. "Birmingham Hall Green 1929" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. "Wally Lloyd's Feat". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 23 September 1929. Retrieved 21 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - PRE-WAR ERA (1929-1939)". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. "Decisive win for Perry Barr". Birmingham Daily Gazette. 14 October 1929. Retrieved 21 August 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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