Matthew Lloyd

Matthew Lloyd (born April 16 1978) is an Australian Rules footballer who plays for and is captain of the Essendon Bombers. Widely regarded as the best full-forward currently playing, he is the leading goal scorer of all time for Essendon.

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April 16 - 1978 - Australian Rules - Essendon Bombers - Full-forward

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Lloyd is recognised as possessing good goal-kicking skills. He converts a majority of set shots inside the AFL's 50 metre arc, and has the ability to kick further than 50 metres on a regular basis. This goalscoring ability has been a key part to his game, and has enabled him to top the Essendon goal scoring for nine consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2005.

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1997 - 2005

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Matthew attended St Bernard's College Essendon, a school renowned for its sporting prowess. 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, 2003), and has twice kicked more than 100 goals in a season (109 in 2000 and 105 in 2001).

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St Bernard's College Essendon - 1995 - All Australian Team - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2003 - Coleman Medal

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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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Premiership - 2002

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As of end of the 2005 season, Lloyd had played 209 games and kicked 754 goals at AFL level.

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On September 27 2005, Lloyd was announced as the new Essendon captain for AFL Season 2006 replacing James Hird who had held that position since 1998.

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