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KEY FACTS

Official name
Hawthorn Football Club

Known as
Hawthorn

Nickname
Hawks (formerly Mayblooms)

Formed
1902

Colours
Brown and gold

Associated clubs
Box Hill; Boroondara; Hawthorn City Rovers; Hawthorn Reserves; Hawthorn WFC; Hawthorn U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1925–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 1902–1913; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1914–1924

Home Ground
M.C.G.

AFL Premierships
1991, 2008, 2013-14-15 (5 total)

VFL Premierships
1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988-9 (8 total)

Senior Premierships
Championship of Australia - 1971 (1 total); NFL Championship - 1976 (1 total); VFL/AFL Night Series: 1968-9, 1977, 1985-6, 1988, 1991-2, 1999 (9 total); McClelland Trophy - 1961, 1971, 1984-5-6, 1988, 2012-13 (8 total)

Most Games
426 - Michael Tuck (1972-1991)

Most Goals
1254 - Jason Dunstall (1985-1998)

League Top Goalkickers
John Peck (75) 1963, (68) 1964 & (56) 1965; Peter Hudson (125) 1968, (146) 1970, (150) 1971 & (110) 1977; Leigh Matthews (68) 1975; Jason Dunstall (132) 1988, (138) 1989 & (145) 1992; Lance Franklin (113) 2008, (71) 2011 & (69 - joint winner) 2012; Jarryd Roughead (68) 2013 (6 winners/15 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Col Austen 1949; Robert DiPierdomenico 1986; John Platten 1987; Shane Crawford 1999; Sam Mitchell 2012; Tom Mitchell 2018 (6 total)

Headquarters
Stadium Circuit, Mulgrave, VIC 3170

Postal Address
PO Box 829, Mt Waverley, VIC, 3149

Phone: (03) 9535 3000 

Email
hawthorn@hawthornfc.com.au

Website
hawthornfc.com.au

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"Under the gruelling commando-style regime, the players reached a pinnacle of physical fitness that had probably never previously achieved in the history of Australian football. There was no finesse about John Kennedy's approach, but no one could deny it was effective ... In terms of pure footballing ability Hawthorn's team in 1961 could only really be described as ordinary, but in spite of this they achieved the ultimate when, on grand final day, they comprehensively outplayed Footscray to the tune of 43 points..."

John Devaney charts the history of the mighty fighting Hawks, most successful V/AFL club over the past 40 years

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1963 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Hawthorn's 1963 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Hawthorn 2.25.107.118.12 60 LOST Essendon 4.26.29.313.7 85 -25 GLE Apr 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2 A Hawthorn 2.36.59.1113.18 96 LOST Melbourne 4.39.713.1314.16 100 -4 MCG Apr 25 (Thu, 2:15) Scores
3 A Hawthorn 2.26.1010.1813.22 100 WON Collingwood 2.53.107.128.16 64 36 VIC May 4 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
4 H Hawthorn 5.711.1216.1921.25 151 WON South Melbourne 1.25.45.1011.14 80 71 GLE May 11 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
5 A Hawthorn 4.45.710.911.10 76 WON Footscray 0.32.46.68.9 57 19 WES May 18 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
6 H Hawthorn 5.37.89.1311.17 83 WON North Melbourne 2.26.36.39.7 61 22 GLE May 25 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
7 A Hawthorn 4.16.47.69.12 66 DRAW Geelong 3.33.56.119.12 66 0 KAR Jun 1 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
8 A Hawthorn 1.63.109.119.11 65 WON St. Kilda 3.44.68.78.13 61 4 JUN Jun 8 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
9 H Hawthorn 3.36.48.59.6 60 WON Carlton 1.51.95.127.12 54 6 GLE Jun 22 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
10 A Hawthorn 2.66.77.1211.14 80 WON Richmond 1.11.51.84.10 34 46 PUN Jul 6 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
11 H Hawthorn 2.44.86.129.17 71 WON Fitzroy 0.11.24.26.2 38 33 GLE Jul 20 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
12 A Hawthorn 2.23.56.77.10 52 LOST Essendon 1.43.95.1311.17 83 -31 WIN Jul 27 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
13 H Hawthorn 1.37.59.613.6 84 WON Melbourne 3.36.46.98.14 62 22 GLE Aug 3 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
14 H Hawthorn 4.18.411.615.9 99 WON Collingwood 2.45.56.78.9 57 42 GLE Aug 10 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
15 A Hawthorn 2.45.78.915.15 105 WON South Melbourne 2.13.35.56.9 45 60 LAK Aug 17 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
16 H Hawthorn 3.29.1010.1513.21 99 WON Footscray 2.32.36.58.7 55 44 GLE Aug 24 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
17 A Hawthorn 2.34.78.912.14 86 WON North Melbourne 2.25.36.86.9 45 41 ARD Aug 31 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
18 H Hawthorn 3.53.96.146.16 52 LOST Geelong 2.36.68.713.12 90 -38 GLE Sep 7 (Sat, 2:15) Scores
2SF A Hawthorn 2.77.108.1311.16 82 LOST Geelong 4.49.612.1214.17 101 -19 MCG Sep 21 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
PF A Hawthorn 1.45.99.911.11 77 WON Melbourne 2.33.48.610.8 68 9 MCG Sep 28 (Sat, 2:30) Scores
GF A Hawthorn 3.65.68.98.12 60 LOST Geelong 3.37.109.1315.19 109 -49 MCG Oct 5 (Sat, 2:50) Scores
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1963 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Abbott, Charlie 5 13 13.0         3 3.0         2 1 0 0.0    
Albiston, David 21 49 16.3 1 1.0 16 16.0 2 0.7         2 2 16 0.8    
Arthur, Graham 20 56 18.7 1 1.0 15 15.0 8 2.7         10 3 18 0.9    
Beck, Ken 11 21 7.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 12 4.0         2 4 3 0.3    
Connell, Kevin 3 4 2.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0         0 0 0 0.0    
Cooper, Graham 21 29 9.7 3 3.0 15 15.0 11 3.7         3 2 0 0.0    
Coverdale, Kevin 20 37 12.3 2 2.0 15 15.0 10 3.3         6 12 21 1.1    
Cunningham, Jack 4                             0 0.0    
Dickson, Des 17                             11 0.6    
Edwards, Brendan 9                             0 0.0    
Fisher, John 21 47 15.7 3 3.0 15 15.0 7 2.3         5 4 1 0.0    
Growcott, Ross 2                             0 0.0    
Haslem, Graeme 2                             0 0.0    
Hay, Sted 8 26 8.7 0 0.0 8 8.0 5 1.7         3 1 2 0.3    
Hay, Phil 21 17 5.7 0 0.0 6 6.0 3 1.0         0 2 0 0.0    
Hegarty, Danny 1                             0 0.0    
Joyce, Alan 8 0 0.0         0 0.0         0 0 4 0.5    
Law, Ian 20 44 14.7 4 4.0 15 15.0 8 2.7         6 2 25 1.3    
Lyon, Peter 13 2 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0         0 0 0 0.0    
McArthur, Graeme 1                             0 0.0    
McArthur, John 14 10 10.0         1 1.0         2 1 1 0.1    
McPherson, Cam 21 21 7.0 2 2.0 11 11.0 4 1.3         5 3 0 0.0    
Mort, Ian 21 46 15.3 1 1.0 18 18.0 5 1.7         6 5 18 0.9    
Nalder, Ron 19 46 15.3 0 0.0 22 22.0 11 3.7         3 4 17 0.9    
Olsson, Rod 19 57 19.0 0 0.0 14 14.0 10 3.3         2 5 12 0.6    
Parkin, David 21 32 10.7 0 0.0 9 9.0 4 1.3         2 5 0 0.0    
Peck, John 16 18 9.0 0 0.0 10 10.0 5 2.5         5 4 75 4.7    
Poole, Reg 2                             0 0.0    
Watson, Norm 1                             0 0.0    
Woodley, Allan 21 31 10.3 1 1.0 7 7.0 10 3.3         8 5 3 0.1    
Woodward, Kevin 6                             0 0.0    
Young, Garry 10 35 11.7 0 0.0 7 7.0 12 4.0         2 4 6 0.6    
Youren, Colin 21 43 14.3 0 0.0 18 18.0 3 1.0         4 4 2 0.1    
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.