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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

Hawthorn



"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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1972 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Hawthorn's 1972 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Hawthorn 4.39.410.1015.14 104 WON Melbourne 1.34.75.1110.15 75 29 GLE Apr 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 A Hawthorn 4.313.1214.1519.24 138 WON North Melbourne 6.47.411.711.10 76 62 ARD Apr 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 A Hawthorn 7.59.711.1315.17 107 WON Geelong 1.04.75.89.11 65 42 VFL Apr 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
4 A Hawthorn 3.43.56.69.10 64 LOST Fitzroy 2.53.108.1211.17 83 -19 JUN Apr 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
5 H Hawthorn 3.49.1210.1814.20 104 WON Footscray 1.43.66.811.10 76 28 GLE Apr 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 A Hawthorn 4.38.811.1015.11 101 WON Collingwood 4.47.811.1014.12 96 5 VIC May 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 H Hawthorn 6.511.713.1113.14 92 WON South Melbourne 2.43.97.139.20 74 18 GLE May 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Hawthorn 5.09.29.313.6 84 LOST Richmond 3.74.1210.1811.25 91 -7 VFL May 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Hawthorn 4.58.1411.1714.21 105 LOST Essendon 5.57.119.1415.17 107 -2 WIN May 27 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Hawthorn 3.47.1111.1511.22 88 WON Carlton 4.06.29.613.7 85 3 GLE Jun 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 A Hawthorn 1.53.93.117.14 56 LOST St. Kilda 4.29.414.817.8 110 -54 MOO Jun 10 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Hawthorn 7.08.011.411.9 75 LOST Melbourne 2.44.88.1011.10 76 -1 MCG Jun 17 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
13 H Hawthorn 5.210.715.1121.14 140 WON North Melbourne 1.44.58.1010.16 76 64 GLE Jul 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Hawthorn 5.313.1014.1319.19 133 WON Fitzroy 4.14.210.712.8 80 53 VFL Jul 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 H Hawthorn 8.69.1113.1319.14 128 WON Geelong 1.17.412.515.8 98 30 GLE Jul 15 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Hawthorn 3.27.98.1419.16 130 WON Footscray 2.46.59.813.11 89 41 WES Jul 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
17 H Hawthorn 1.36.67.1211.16 82 LOST Collingwood 6.312.816.819.13 127 -45 GLE Jul 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
18 A Hawthorn 5.39.513.823.10 148 WON South Melbourne 4.36.512.813.11 89 59 LAK Aug 5 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 H Hawthorn 3.27.713.1115.12 102 LOST Richmond 4.67.614.817.11 113 -11 GLE Aug 12 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
20 H Hawthorn 6.58.810.1015.16 106 WON Essendon 0.56.99.1412.15 87 19 VFL Aug 19 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
21 A Hawthorn 6.48.911.1411.22 88 LOST Carlton 6.213.519.924.12 156 -68 PRI Aug 26 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Hawthorn 4.18.513.515.12 102 LOST St. Kilda 6.112.214.818.13 121 -19 GLE Sep 2 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
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1972 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Angus, Geoff 6 74 12.3 12 2.0 86 14.3 12 2.0 0 0.0     7 20 3 0.5 0 18
Beck, Ken 11 68 6.2 16 1.5 84 7.6 44 4.0 109 9.9     8 29 0 0.0 0 0
Bremner, Ian 17 183 10.8 16 0.9 199 11.7 62 3.6 4 0.3     27 42 0 0.0 4 4
Bussell, Norm 16 173 10.8 21 1.3 194 12.1 26 1.6 3 0.2     19 47 0 0.0 0 0
Chiron, Gene 6 24 4.0 7 1.2 31 5.2 3 0.5 0 0.0     5 7 0 0.0 0 0
Crimmins, Peter 22 405 18.4 54 2.5 459 20.9 39 1.8 0 0.0     56 47 39 1.8 31 265
Day, Robert 15 214 14.3 26 1.7 240 16.0 24 1.6 0 0.0     28 27 2 0.1 2 14
Douge, Brian 6 38 6.3 6 1.0 44 7.3 8 1.3 2 0.4     6 6 1 0.2 2 8
Fitzgerald, Terry 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0     1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Goad, Allan 5 31 6.2 15 3.0 46 9.2 9 1.8 1 0.2     6 7 4 0.8 2 26
Grummisch, Charlie 9 101 11.2 19 2.1 120 13.3 50 5.6 2 0.2     10 16 15 1.7 8 98
Hawken, Les 22 254 11.5 28 1.3 282 12.8 85 3.9 58 2.8     59 48 1 0.0 1 7
Heath, Kevin 22 270 12.3 48 2.2 318 14.5 101 4.6 6 0.3     40 39 10 0.5 12 72
Hendrie, John 16 182 11.4 40 2.5 222 13.9 63 3.9 5 0.3     19 55 8 0.5 14 62
Hudson, Peter 1 12 12.0 1 1.0 13 13.0 9 9.0         0 1 8 8.0 1 49
Johnson, Ross 5 33 6.6 7 1.4 40 8.0 5 1.0 1 0.2     3 7 0 0.0 0 0
Keddie, Bob 17 229 13.5 23 1.4 252 14.8 49 2.9 0 0.0     29 38 27 1.6 31 193
Knights, Peter 20 247 12.4 15 0.8 262 13.1 111 5.6 6 0.3     28 35 46 2.3 27 303
Martello, Alan 21 306 14.6 29 1.4 335 16.0 97 4.6 108 5.4     48 79 18 0.9 28 136
Matthews, Kelvin 12 139 11.6 19 1.6 158 13.2 55 4.6 1 0.1     29 14 13 1.1 14 92
Matthews, Leigh 21 432 20.6 49 2.3 481 22.9 107 5.1 1 0.1     58 71 45 2.1 50 320
McCarthy, Gerald 3 14 4.7 6 2.0 20 6.7 4 1.3 6 2.0     3 3 2 0.7 2 14
Meagher, Des 22 427 19.4 32 1.5 459 20.9 59 2.7 1 0.0     39 75 9 0.4 16 70
Moncrieff, Michael 9 87 9.7 5 0.6 92 10.2 38 4.2 0 0.0     21 10 35 3.9 17 227
Moore, Kelvin 21 215 10.2 13 0.6 228 10.9 69 3.3 2 0.1     39 41 2 0.1 0 12
Parkin, David 20 254 12.7 33 1.7 287 14.4 67 3.4 0 0.0     58 30 0 0.0 0 0
Porter, Michael 11 110 10.0 11 1.0 121 11.0 48 4.4 2 0.2     16 28 12 1.1 10 82
Rice, Leon 21 318 15.1 39 1.9 357 17.0 56 2.7 4 0.2     31 45 5 0.2 8 38
Scott, Don 18 160 8.9 43 2.4 203 11.3 65 3.6 317 18.6     52 70 2 0.1 5 17
Scott, Andrew 4 28 7.0 8 2.0 36 9.0 5 1.3 1 0.3     6 9 4 1.0 0 24
Shinners, Brian 5 28 5.6 5 1.0 33 6.6 3 0.6 0 0.0     5 9 0 0.0 0 0
Smith, Geoff 4 23 5.8 4 1.0 27 6.8 6 1.5 0 0.0     4 10 0 0.0 0 0
Stevenson, Bruce 12 134 11.2 19 1.6 153 12.8 45 3.8 2 0.2     19 32 8 0.7 9 57
Stubbs, Ron 5 13 2.6 4 0.8 17 3.4 7 1.4 15 3.8     4 8 1 0.2 0 6
Tuck, Michael 5 49 9.8 7 1.4 56 11.2 7 1.4 0 0.0     6 6 3 0.6 3 21
Wilson, Ray 9 75 8.3 9 1.0 84 9.3 10 1.1 0 0.0     11 9 1 0.1 4 10
 

Footnotes

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