1972 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1972 season
President	Phil J. Ryan
Coach	John Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s)	David Parkin
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL season	13–9 (6th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker	Peter Knights (46)
Highest home attendance	38,861 (Round 20 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	8,206 (Round 13 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	19,797
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 48th season in the Victorian Football League and 71st overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	15.14 (104)	10.15 (75)	Won by 29 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	21,513	1–0
2	Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	11.10 (76)	19.24 (138)	Won by 62 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	10,200	2–0
3	Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong	9.11 (65)	15.17 (107)	Won by 42 points	VFL Park (A)	16,431	3–0
4	Saturday, 22 April (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	11.17 (83)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 19 points	Junction Oval (A)	16,397	3–1
5	Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm)	Footscray	14.20 (104)	11.10 (76)	Won by 28 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	15,440	4–1
6	Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	14.12 (96)	15.11 (101)	Won by 5 points	Victoria Park (A)	29,885	5–1
7	Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm)	South Melbourne	13.14 (92)	9.20 (74)	Won by 18 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,727	6–1
8	Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm)	Richmond	11.25 (91)	13.6 (84)	Lost by 7 points	VFL Park (A)	25,661	6–2
9	Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm)	Essendon	15.17 (107)	14.21 (105)	Lost by 2 points	Windy Hill (A)	28,187	6–3
10	Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton	11.22 (88)	13.7 (85)	Won by 3 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	26,585	7–3
11	Saturday, 10 June (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	17.8 (110)	7.14 (56)	Lost by 54 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	27,313	7–4
12	Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	11.10 (76)	11.9 (75)	Lost by 1 point	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	31,314	7–5
13	Saturday, 1 July (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	21.14 (140)	10.16 (76)	Won by 64 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,206	8–5
14	Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	19.19 (133)	12.8 (80)	Won by 53 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,375	9–5
15	Saturday, 15 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	19.14 (128)	15.8 (98)	Won by 30 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,844	10–5
16	Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm)	Footscray	13.11 (89)	19.16 (130)	Won by 41 points	Western Oval (A)	18,400	11–5
17	Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	11.16 (82)	19.13 (127)	Lost by 45 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	24,132	11–6
18	Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm)	South Melbourne	13.11 (89)	23.10 (148)	Won by 59 points	Lake Oval (A)	9,207	12–6
19	Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	15.12 (102)	17.11 (113)	Lost by 11 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,834	12–7
20	Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm)	Essendon	15.16 (106)	12.15 (87)	Won by 19 points	VFL Park (H)	36,861	13–7
21	Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton	24.12 (156)	11.22 (88)	Lost by 68 points	Princes Park (A)	32,048	13–8
22	Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	15.12 (102)	18.13 (121)	Lost by 19 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	22,923	13–9

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Carlton (P)	22	18	3	1	2237	1666	134.3	74
2	Richmond	22	18	4	0	2469	2098	117.7	72
3	Collingwood	22	14	7	1	2338	1747	133.8	58
4	St Kilda	22	14	8	0	1989	1721	115.6	56
5	Essendon	22	14	8	0	2317	2140	108.3	56
6	Hawthorn	22	13	9	0	2277	2050	111.1	52
7	Footscray	22	11	11	0	1930	2038	94.7	44
8	Melbourne	22	10	12	0	2043	1929	105.9	40
9	Fitzroy	22	9	13	0	1997	2062	96.8	36
10	Geelong	22	7	15	0	1994	2369	84.2	28
11	South Melbourne	22	2	20	0	1513	2323	65.1	8
12	North Melbourne	22	1	21	0	1628	2589	62.9	4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.7
Source: AFL Tables