Career
Originally from Noble Park, Bayes played 246 games and kicked 174 goals for the Swans. He was named on the interchange bench in the Sydney Swan"s official "Team of the Century" and was Sydney"s best and fairest player in 1989. Bayes usually played in defence but was capable of going forward and had an accurate left foot kick.
He played in the 1996 American Federation of Labor-Congress Grand Final.