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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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1931 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Hawthorn's 1931 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Hawthorn 3.26.38.39.6 60 LOST Footscray 2.22.78.128.13 61 -1 WES May 2 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
2 H Hawthorn 3.75.106.148.17 65 LOST Collingwood 3.16.86.1111.18 84 -19 GLE May 9 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
3 A Hawthorn 4.25.47.810.8 68 LOST St. Kilda 5.38.89.1010.12 72 -4 JUN May 16 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
4 H Hawthorn 4.76.1012.1613.16 94 LOST Melbourne 2.19.510.616.13 109 -15 GLE May 23 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
5 H Hawthorn 5.37.510.811.10 76 LOST South Melbourne 0.35.68.811.13 79 -3 GLE May 30 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
6 A Hawthorn 1.26.56.78.10 58 LOST Richmond 2.64.68.129.15 69 -11 PUN Jun 27 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
7 A Hawthorn 3.26.57.712.8 80 WON Essendon 3.45.67.108.12 60 20 WIN Jun 13 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
8 H Hawthorn 0.15.36.312.8 80 WON Fitzroy 1.82.106.137.14 56 24 GLE Jun 20 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
9 A Hawthorn 2.53.58.79.7 61 LOST Geelong 2.37.610.713.9 87 -26 COR Jul 4 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
10 H Hawthorn 5.27.511.914.12 96 WON North Melbourne 0.12.33.43.6 24 72 GLE Jul 11 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
11 A Hawthorn 2.23.64.65.8 38 LOST Carlton 4.66.612.1416.15 111 -73 PRI Jul 18 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
12 H Hawthorn 4.47.58.58.5 53 LOST Footscray 2.13.114.156.19 55 -2 GLE Jul 25 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
13 A Hawthorn 2.53.95.147.16 58 LOST Collingwood 5.19.311.915.13 103 -45 VIC Aug 1 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
14 H Hawthorn 3.35.48.711.9 75 LOST St. Kilda 1.27.88.1011.11 77 -2 GLE Aug 8 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
15 A Hawthorn 1.11.22.42.6 18 LOST Melbourne 1.26.810.1213.15 93 -75 MCG Aug 22 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
16 A Hawthorn 0.05.27.49.5 59 LOST South Melbourne 1.45.710.1112.18 90 -31 LAK Aug 29 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
17 H Hawthorn 4.15.75.115.13 43 LOST Richmond 4.56.99.1313.21 99 -56 GLE Sep 5 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
18 H Hawthorn 2.22.83.98.15 63 LOST Essendon 2.43.48.99.12 66 -3 GLE Sep 12 (Sat, 2:45) Scores
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1931 Player Stats

Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
Aitchison, Ernie 2                             0 0.0    
Ashby, Bert 12                             3 0.3    
Bennett, George 17 9 9.0         4 4.0         1 3 1 0.1 0 6
Brooks, Phil 2                             2 1.0    
Carey, Bill 17 10 10.0         2 2.0         4 1 0 0.0 0 0
Chandler, Bert 3                             1 0.3    
Chandler, Allan 15 11 11.0         3 3.0         6 0 2 0.1 1 13
Chandler, Dick 2                             5 2.5    
Colling, Cliff 1                             1 1.0    
Collins, Norm 12                             0 0.0    
Daffey, Mark 10 10 10.0         1 1.0         6 2 5 0.5 2 32
Davies, Reg 2 8 8.0         0 0.0         2 0 0 0.0 0 0
Dodd, Rupe 3                             4 1.3    
Fisher, Stan 14                             1 0.1    
Francis, Jim 18 13 13.0         4 4.0         1 2 11 0.6 0 66
Garside, Ted 6 11 11.0         4 4.0         4 4 0 0.0 0 0
Hammond, Bob 8                             7 0.9    
Harris, John 16 19 19.0         6 6.0         7 5 6 0.4 2 38
Hyde, Bert 12 10 10.0         7 7.0         2 3 26 2.2 0 156
Lonsdale, Clarrie 2 7 7.0         2 2.0         0 1 1 0.5 4 10
Meade, Les 4                             0 0.0    
Mills, Donald 11 10 10.0         5 5.0         3 1 0 0.0 0 0
Mills, Bert 17 10 10.0         6 6.0         1 4 0 0.0 0 0
Murphy, Leo 16 8 8.0         4 4.0         4 3 0 0.0 0 0
O'Brien, Jack 1                             0 0.0    
Pool, Ted 16 19 19.0         5 5.0         5 3 23 1.4 0 138
Ryan, Jack 16 14 14.0         3 3.0         1 2 39 2.4 5 239
Sellers, Bob 8                             2 0.3    
Sharpley, Keith 15 9 9.0         7 7.0         0 2 12 0.8 2 74
Spinks, Stan 1                             0 0.0    
Stewart, Frank 4                             0 0.0    
Stewart, Stuart 13 15 15.0         7 7.0         2 3 1 0.1 1 7
Stewart, Alex 9                             1 0.1    
Utting, Ernie 18 9 9.0         1 1.0         4 2 0 0.0 0 0
Ware, Walter 16 17 17.0         11 11.0         2 1 7 0.4 0 42
Williams, Irvan 1                             0 0.0    
Woolf, Willie 2                             0 0.0    
 

Footnotes

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