Gary James Ayres was born on 28 September 1960 and is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. His career ran from 1978 to 1993, with 269 games and 70 goals, mostly in defence, and he was part of five premiership teams. He won the Norm Smith Medal as best on ground in the grand finals of 1986 and 1988, one of only four players to win it twice, and he captained Hawthorn in 1992 and 1993. After retiring he turned to coaching, leading Geelong as senior coach from 1995 and later coaching Warragul in the Gippsland League. The Gary Ayres Award, given to the best player of each AFL finals series by the coaches association, honours his playing career.
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