{{short description|English charity fundraiser}} {{other people}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Lloyd Scott |image = LloydScott.jpg |upright = |caption = Scott in 2009 |full_name = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|10|13|df=y}} |birth_place = Stepney, England |height = |position = Goalkeeper |youthyears1 = 1977–1979 |youthclubs1 = Orient |years1 = 1979–1982 |clubs1 = Orient |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 1982 |clubs2 = Watford |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 |years3 = 1982–1983 |clubs3 = Blackpool |caps3 = 2 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = |clubs4 = Dagenham |caps4 = |goals4 = |years5 = |clubs5 = Dartford |caps5 = |goals5 = |years6 = |clubs6 = Maldon Town |caps6 = |goals6 = |years7 = |clubs7 = Redbridge Forest |caps7 = |goals7 = |totalcaps = |totalgoals = }} '''Lloyd Scott''' MBE (born 13 October 1961)<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.tobn.co.uk/all-personalities/lloyd-scott.php|title=TOBN | Lloyd Scott|date=6 July 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706061004/http://www.tobn.co.uk/all-personalities/lloyd-scott.php |archive-date=6 July 2009 }}</ref> is an English former professional footballer and charity fundraiser, best known in the UK for his charity marathons.
==Early life== Scott was born in Stepney and grew up in Rainham.<ref name="auto1"/>
==Football career== Scott played as a goalkeeper for Orient, Watford, Blackpool, Dagenham, Dartford, Maldon Town and Redbridge Forest.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{ENFA}}</ref> For Blackpool he made two appearances in the Football League.<ref>http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/blackpool/blackpool.html</ref>
Scott combined his non-league career with a job as a firefighter.<ref name="auto1"/>
He late worked as a coach, including with the England women's team and Tottenham Hotspur.<ref name="auto1"/>
==Charity fundraising== Scott began charity fundraising after surviving Chronic Myeloid Leukemia.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news|url=https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/9019763.former-watford-footballer-lloyd-scott-dressed-in-snail-costume-taking-part-in-london-marathon-for-action-for-kids/|title=Former Watford footballer's snail's pace for charity|date=11 May 2011|work=Watford Observer}}</ref>
In 2002 he completed the London Marathon in a diving suit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1935471.stm|title=Marathon man erodes lead boots|date=17 April 2002|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
In 2009 he walked from Land's End to John O'Groats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tivertonpeople.co.uk/news/Lloyd-Scott-MBE-Spotlight/article-1223942-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505074359/http://www.tivertonpeople.co.uk/news/Lloyd-Scott-MBE-Spotlight/article-1223942-detail/article.html#selection-1189.18-1189.45|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-05-05|title=Lloyd Scott MBE in the Spotlight | Tiverton People|date=5 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/tyrannosaurus-treks-1-382919|title=Tyrannosaurus! TREKS!|date=26 October 2018|work=Blackpool Gazette |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026120609/https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/tyrannosaurus-treks-1-382919 |archive-date=26 October 2018 }}</ref>
By May 2011, he had raised over £5 million for various charities.<ref name="auto"/>
On 2 July 2012 Scott, wearing a {{convert|130|lb|kg|adj=on}} diving suit, became the first person to complete the 2012 Olympic Marathon Course, prior to the official event, taking six days to do so.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-18308391|title=London 2012: Olympic marathon course finished by diving suit man Lloyd Scott|date=2 June 2012|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Lloyd}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:English men's footballers Category:Leyton Orient F.C. players Category:Watford F.C. players Category:Blackpool F.C. players Category:Dagenham F.C. players Category:Dartford F.C. players Category:Maldon & Tiptree F.C. players Category:Redbridge Forest F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff Category:British men marathon runners Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:Charity fundraisers (people) Category:English men marathon runners Category:People from Rainham, London Category:People from Stepney