{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{For|the Essendon footballer|Harry Giles (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Harry Gyles | image = | fullname = Harry John Willmott Gyles | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|06|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Carlton, Victoria | death_date = {{death date and age|1959|02|02|1880|06|28|df=y}} | death_place = Parkville, Victoria | originalteam = Richmond Juniors | height = | weight = | position = | statsend = 1897 | years1 = 1897 | club1 = {{AFL Car}} | games_goals1 = 1 (0) | careerhighlights = }} '''Harry John Willmott Gyles''' (28 June 1880 &ndash; 2 February 1959) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref>Holmesby & Russell (2009), p.331.</ref>

==Family== One of his sons, Nathaniel Thomas Gyles, who served in the RAAF in World War II, was killed in action in Europe.<ref>[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11815522 Deaths: Gyles, ''The Argus'', (Wednesday, 12 January 1944), p.2.]</ref>

==Municipal councillor== He was a councillor with the Essendon City Council for 12 years, and was Mayor in 1942–1943.

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==References== * [https://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2012-01-20/carlton-community-and-harry-gyles De Bolfo, Tony, "Carlton, Community and Harry Gyles", ''carltonfc.com.au'', 20 January 2012.] * Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2009). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.)'', (Seaford), BAS Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-921496-00-4}}

== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=H/Harry_Gyles0.html}} *[http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-index.php?page=Harry+Gyles Harry Gyles's profile] at Blueseum

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