  john henry "pop" lloyd (april 25, 1884 â march 19, 1964) there has been some confusion about pop lloyd's death date. the 1965 date is the one given by robert peterson's pioneering work on the negro leagues, only the ball was white, and has often been repeated (including in peterson's recently-reissued paperback edition). there is no reference to lloyd in the necrology of either the 1965 or 1966 editions of the sporting news baseball guide. however, as shown on the find a grave website [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-b
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