Harry Mears

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Harry Mears

| image = Harry Mears 1944-1945.jpg

| caption = Mears during his Collingwood career

| fullname = Harry Mears

| birth_date = 30 April 1922

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|3|30|1922|4|30|df=yes}}

| death_place =

| originalteam = Alphington Amateurs

| height = 168 cm

| weight = 72 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1948

| years1 = 1940–1946

| club1 = Collingwood

| games_goals1 = 62 {{0}}(61)

| years2 = 1946–1948

| club2 = South Melbourne

| games_goals2 = 35 {{0}}(47)

| games_goalstotal = 97 (108)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Harry Mears (30 April 1922 – 30 March 1999){{cite web|url=https://forever.collingwoodfc.com.au/players/harry-mears/|title=Harry Mears|publisher=Collingwood Forever|accessdate=27 August 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

A rover, Mears made his way into the Collingwood team from the league seconds.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-920910-78-5}} Mears played 19 games for Collingwood in the 1945 VFL season, but usually started on the bench, so he transferred to South Melbourne in 1946, seeking greater opportunities. He had a strong first season at South Melbourne in 1946, finishing as their leading goal-kicker with 32 goals.{{cite web |url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/H/Harry_Mears.html |title=AFL Tables: Harry Mears |website=afltables.com}} He also polled 11 Brownlow Medal votes, the most by a South Melbourne player. Mears spent two more seasons at the club and then joined Mortlake in the Hampden Football League, as coach.The Argus,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22775475 "New Hampden Team Succeeds"], 1 September 1949, p. 19