Douglas Rupert Gordon Ayres (26 September 1906 – 25 September 1974) was a former
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played with
Footscray in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Family
The son of William Ayres, and Maude Ayres, née Watkins, Douglas Rupert Gordon Ayres was born at
Randwick, New South Wales on 26 September 1906.
Death
He died at
Bentleigh, Victoria
Bentleigh is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 13 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area. Bentleigh recorded a population of 17,921 at the 2021 census.
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on 25 September 1974.
See also
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1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
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1930 Adelaide Carnival
The 1930 Adelaide Carnival was the seventh edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It was held from 30 July to 9 August and was the second carnival to be hosted by the South Austr ...
Notes
External links
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Douglas Rupert Gordon Ayres at ''NSW Australian Football History Society''.
1906 births
1974 deaths
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Western Bulldogs players
Newtown Australian Football Club players
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