{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Gavin Bayes | image = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|5|7|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = Jordanville | height = 191 cm | weight = 90 kg | position = | statsend = 1987 | years1 = 1985–1987 | club1 = Richmond | games_goals1 = 5 (2) | careerhighlights = }} '''Gavin Bayes''' (born 7 May 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>''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</ref>
Bayes, a recruit from Jordanville, made five league appearances for Richmond.<ref name=Ency>{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}</ref><ref name=AFLTables>{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/G/Gavin_Bayes.html| title=Gavin Bayes| publisher=AFL Tables}}</ref> He played three games late in the 1985 VFL season, then just one more in each of the next two years.<ref name=AFLTables/>
While playing for Barooga, Bayes was the Murray Football League leading goal-kicker in the 1991 season.<ref name=Fox>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=Fox/>
He is the elder brother of Sydney Swans player Mark Bayes.<ref name=Ency/>
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