Lloyd Middleton
Essendon
AFL career
2 games0 goals
- Debut
- R2 1951 v HAW28 Apr 1951
- Most recent
- R3 1951 v SME5 May 1951
Stats
Bio
Recruited from the University Blacks in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Lloyd Middleton was a diminutive footballer who earned his opportunity at Essendon as a 23-year-old. Standing just 170cm, he joined the club during a powerful era under the guidance of Dick Reynolds, breaking into the senior side for two matches during the 1951 season. While the Bombers enjoyed a dominant home-and-away campaign that year, eventually finishing as runners-up, Middleton faced stiff competition for a permanent spot in the star-studded lineup. Unable to displace the club's established small men in a rotation that included legends like Bill Hutchison, his VFL career was confined to that single season before he departed the top level.
Profile
- Born
- 13 Feb 1928
- Died
- 26 May 2015 (aged 87y 102d)
- Height
- 170 cm
- Weight
- 76 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from the University Blacks in the Victorian Amateur Football Association, Lloyd Middleton was a diminutive footballer who earned his opportunity at Essendon as a 23-year-old. Standing just 170cm, he joined the club during a powerful era under the guidance of Dick Reynolds, breaking into the senior side for two matches during the 1951 season. While the Bombers enjoyed a dominant home-and-away campaign that year, eventually finishing as runners-up, Middleton faced stiff competition for a permanent spot in the star-studded lineup. Unable to displace the club's established small men in a rotation that included legends like Bill Hutchison, his VFL career was confined to that single season before he departed the top level.