Edward Henry Hayward (26 September 1924 – 28 October 2022) was an England international lawn bowler.

A works foreman by trade, he first played bowls in Hyde Park during 1961 before becoming the Middlesex champion.

[2] Hayward won a gold medal in the fours with Norman King, Cliff Stroud and Peter Line at the 1972 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Worthing.

[4][5] He competed in the fours event at the Lawn bowls at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games finishing in fifth place.

At county level he played 84 times for Middlesex before moving to Sussex in 1988.