Erwin Dornau

Erwin Dornau
Personal information
Full name	Erwin Dornau
Date of birth	22 March 1926
Place of birth	Brisbane, Queensland
Date of death	23 September 2008 (aged 82)
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s)	Kedron
Height/Weight	183 cm / 86 kg
Position(s)	Centre half back
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1948–1952	South Melbourne	54 (8)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1952 season.

Erwin "Doe" Dornau (22 March 1926 – 23 September 2008) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1940s and early 1950s.

Dornau, believed to be the first native born Queenslander in the VFL, played his early football at Kedron. A centre half back, he represented Queensland at interstate football for the first time in 1946 and starred for them at the 1947 Hobart Carnival, finishing equal second in the Tassie Medal. His efforts in Hobart saw him recruited to South Melbourne and he had a good debut season, gaining eight Brownlow votes.

Dornau died on 23 September 2008.^[1]

Footnotes

1. "In Memoriam: Erwin Dornau". Official AFL Website of the Sydney Swans. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

References

• Erwin Dornau's profile from AustralianFootball.com
• Harms, J., "'Doe' who bucked the trend up north", The Age, (14 June 2003).
• Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

External links

• Erwin Dornau's statistics from AFL Tables