Gavin Bayes

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

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| name = Gavin Bayes

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|7|df=y}}

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| originalteam = Jordanville

| height = 191 cm

| weight = 90 kg

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| statsend = 1987

| years1 = 1985–1987

| club1 = Richmond

| games_goals1 = 5 (2)

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Gavin Bayes (born 7 May 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).The Age, [http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19860627&id=8QAyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1pIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4089,4210134 "North picks forward for first game"], 27 June 1986, p. 30

Bayes, a recruit from Jordanville, made five league appearances for Richmond.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gavin_Bayes.html| title=Gavin Bayes| publisher=AFL Tables}} He played three games late in the 1985 VFL season, then just one more in each of the next two years.

While playing for Barooga, Bayes was the Murray Football League leading goal-kicker in the 1991 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-6183-0-0-0&sID=94716| title=Senior LGK - Les Mogg Cup| publisher=Fox Sports Pulse}} It was the second time he had topped 100 goals in a season, after doing so in 1989, when his total was bettered by Darren Jackson of Finley.

He is the elder brother of Sydney Swans player Mark Bayes.