Sammy Lloyd

Geoffrey "Sammy" Lloyd is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, and 1970s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Castleford and Hull, as a Wing, or Second-row, i.e. number 2 or 5, or 11 or 12, during the era of contested scrums.

In 1978, Lloyd joined Hull F.C. for a fee of £12,000 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £106,900 in 2014). In his first home game for the club, he converted 14 goals in a 61–10 win against Oldham, equalling Jim Kennedy's club record for the most goals scored in a single match. The record was subsequently also equalled by Matt Crowther, who is coincidently Lloyd's nephew.

Sammy Lloyd won caps for Yorkshire while at Castleford playing Left-Second-row, i.e. number 11, in the 12-12 draw with Cumberland at Whitehaven's stadium on 15 February 1977, and was an Interchange/Substitute, i.e. number 14, in the 18-15 victory over Lancashire at Castleford's stadium on 1 March 1977.

Sammy Lloyd played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12, in Hull's 5-10 defeat by Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1980 Challenge Cup Final during the 1979–80 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 3 May 1980, in front of a crowd of 95,000, played Right-Second-row, i.e. number 12 (Lee Crooks played in the replay), and scored 4-conversions in the 14-14 draw with Widnes in the 1982 Challenge Cup Final during the 1981–82 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 1 May 1982, in front of a crowd of 92,147.