years clubs caps goals birth_place image_size height position birth_date image article_title name
1896 1899 -- 1901 1902 -- 1904 1904 -- ? -- 97 1897 -- 98 1898 -- 99 third grenadier guards brentford thames ironworks fulham fulham willesden 11 12 hackney , london 200px 1.93 forward june 1872 file : david lloyd thames ironworks.jpg david lloyd -lrb- footballer , born 1872 -rrb-
 david lloyd
david lloyd -lrb- footballer , born 1872 -rrb-

david lloyd -lrb- born june 1872 -rrb- was an english footballer who played for brentford , thames ironworks , the club that went on to become west ham united , fulham and willesden .
lloyd was a career soldier in third grenadier guards and played for the third grenadier guards football team winning the first of his four footballing medals in the 1896 -- 97 season when the guards won the london league championship .
described as `` dominant in the air in any position '' , he scored frequently with his head .
in his second season as a player , he joined brentford winning the london senior cup .
he played for thames ironworks during the 1898 -- 99 season , the club 's only season in the southern league division two .
this season the management committee for the club agreed to accept professionalism within the club believing professional players would attract a larger crowd and greater revenue .
lloyd was such a player joining 18 new players for the season , the majority of whom were professionals , signed against the anti-professionalism stance of the club 's benefactor , arnold hills who was preoccupied in dealing with the aftermath of the hms albion launching disaster .
lloyd began in defence but soon moved forward to play in attack .
a prolific goal-scorer , he scored 14 goals in 13 appearances in the southern football league and league deciding matches and six goals in 11 appearances in the thames and medway combination league .
thames ironworks won the southern league division two giving lloyd his third medal .
he ended the 1898 -- 99 season as top scorer for thames ironworks , but moved on before they played in the enlarged division .
he joined fulham in 1899 and in two seasons scored 24 goals in 43 matches .
he was their top scorer for the 1899 -- 1900 season .
following the outbreak of the boer war , lloyd returned to the army in 1900 and saw active service in south africa .
he returned to fulham for the 1902 -- 03 season moving back into defence .
from this position he managed 12 goals in 31 appearances and he again won the southern league division two , his fourth medal .
the following season fulham filled their side with fully professional players .
lloyd continued to play but made just three appearances , all in the fa cup , scoring two goals .
in august 1904 he signed for amateur club , willesden town .
