Hall of Fame Major League Baseball Player. He was a Negro League baseball playing shortstop as well as being a baseball manager. During his 27-year career, he had a .343 batting average. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977. Born in rural north Florida, his ancestors were enslaved. While he was still an infant, his father died, and his maternal grandmother became his care giver, soon moving him to Jacksonville. He left formal schooling early to start work. In 1904, the South Atlantic League placed a team in Jacksonville, exposing him to the game. He played on a semi-pro team called the Jacksonville Young Receivers. His professional baseball career began in 1905, playing at the position of catcher for Acmes in Macon, Georgia. He played second base in 1906, and finally, after being signed with Philadelphia Giants, he played shortstop. He was signed to the 1909 "All American Team." He worked at odd jobs when he could as the income from playing in the Negro League was not enough to maintain a household. A better salary was the main reason he moved from team to team. Often shady dealings were done with the bookkeeping of these clubs. In the winter of 1906-1907, he made his first of many trips to Cuba to play winter baseball along with players from the Philadelphia Giants, Leland Chicago Giants, and Brooklyn Royal Giants. In 1910 he joined the Chicago Giants, which followed in 1911, with him joining the Lincoln Giants. In 1912 and 1913, he held the position of player-manager. Lloyd played for the American Giants in 1914. Splitting his playing time between the Lincoln Star and American Giants in 1915, he returned full-time with the American Giants in 1916 and 1917. During the four years Lloyd played for the American Giants, they were Western champions three times, and defeated the Eastern champs in the playoffs in both 1914 and 1917. He was player-manager for the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1918. During World War I, he would leave the baseball field to be the Army Quartermaster Depot in Chicago. In 1919 he played for Bacharach Giants before returning to Royal Giants in 1920. In 1921 he organized the Columbus Buckeyes, who were not successful on the field, placing 7th of eight teams. In 1923 he was hired to manage the Hilldale Club in the Eastern Colored League, but the business dealings with his boss caused him to be fired. In 1924, Lloyd returned to the Bacharachs and was moved from shortstop to second base position. That year, he hit .444 to win the 1924 ECL batting title. In 1926 the last place team, the Lincoln Giants, hired him as manager. His hard work was rewarded when the Lincoln Giants placed fifth in 1926 and by 1929 were in second place. In 1931 and 1932 he managed the Bacharach Giants, before retiring. He became a janitor for the Atlantic City School System, yet continued to coach baseball with the youth at the high school. He worked with the Little League. He and his wife Nan did not have children. As he aged, he could not run well but still could hit a ball. In 1949, the Pop Lloyd Stadium opened, in an era when racial prejudices in society were accepted. On October 1, 1949 the Atlantic City government dedicated the John Henry Lloyd Park. In 1977 he was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. His family has an upright marker, but a marker with his relief and a list of his accomplishments was erected on his grave by the committee to restore "Pop" Lloyd Stadium. A similar relief was erected at the Baseball Hall of Fame but with a different list of accomplishments.