Harold Eric Brookes (6 April 1876 – 22 November 1953) was an Australian businessman and sportsman.
As a youth, Brookes was a talented Australian rules football player.
[1][2] Until 2016, his brother Norman was incorrectly credited with having played those games.
[3] After the death of their father in 1910, Brookes and his siblings shared an estate valued at £172,000 (equivalent to $27,000,000 in 2022).
[4] He became a director of Australian Paper Mills and Australasian Paper and Pulp, and was the managing partner of William Brookes and Co., which controlled several pastoral leases in Queensland and Western Australia.