title: Doug Ayres
text: # Doug Ayres
  
  Douglas Rupert Gordon Ayres (26 September 1906 – 25 September 1974) was a former Australian rules footballer 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 on 25 September 1974.
  
  