Brad Lloyd is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played with Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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 in the Australian Football League

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 (AFL) during the 1990s.

Lloyd, a midfielder from Williamstown

Williamstown Football Club

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, had an impressive 1997 in the Hawthorn reserves and won the Gardiner Medal

Gardiner Medal

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. He debuted for the seniors in the second round of the 1998 AFL season, when Hawthorn lost to Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

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 in Paul Salmon

Paul Salmon

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's 250th league game. He 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. Lloyd never got to play a game against his brother, Essendon full-forward Matthew

Matthew Lloyd

Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...

.

Following his unsuccessful AFL stint, Lloyd returned to Williamstown and ended up captaining the club from 2003 to 2006. He was a Gerry Callahan Medalist three times.