Lloyd, a midfielder from Victorian Football League (VFL) side Williamstown, had an impressive 1997 in the Hawthorn reserves and won the Gardiner Medal.
Lloyd appeared in the last six rounds of the year and played briefly in 1999 but in all could only manage 11 games for the seniors while at Hawthorn and kicked a total of three goals.
[1] Lloyd never got to play a game against his brother, Essendon full-forward Matthew.
Lloyd was delisted by Hawthorn at the end of the 1999 season and returned to Williamstown, captaining the club from 2003 to 2006 and winning the Williamstown Best and Fairest award, the Gerry Callahan Medal, three times.
Following his retirement from his playing career, Lloyd moved into football administration and previously worked in the recruiting department for AFL club Fremantle Football Club in the position of general manager of list management.