Henry Hagenauer

Dr Henry Alexander Hagenauer (7 November 1878 – 29 July 1949) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

The son of Louisa (née Knobloch) and Presbyterian missionary Friedrich Hagenauer, Hagenauer grew up on the Aboriginal Ramahyuck mission, which had been founded by his parents, with three brothers. In 1892, Hagenauer enrolled as a boarder at Geelong College, and then Ormond College at Melbourne University to study medicine. Hagenauer then transferred to Sale Football Club in the Gippsland Football Association. Posted to 2nd Anzac Headquarters in France as a Regimental Medical Officer, Hagenauer was invalided to England in January 1917. He was then attached to No 1 Convalescent Depot till September 1918, before being transferred to No 1 Australian Dermatological Hospital. He had been promoted to Major on 28 January 1918, and was demobilised on 7 January 1919.

He remarried on 7 April 1921 at the College Church, Parkville to Sara Howat, younger daughter of the late George Howat, of Royal Park.

After the war Hagenauer practised in Traralgon until 1929, when he moved to Melbourne. While in Traralgon, Hagenauer served as President of the Coursing Club, the Gun Club and the Fish and Game Society.

Hagenauer died in Melbourne on 29 July 1949, aged 70.