1937 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1937 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 13th season in the Victorian Football League and 36th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1937 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Ivan McAlpine
Captain(s)	Ivan McAlpine
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	7–11 (8th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Leo Murphy
Leading goalkicker	Norm Hillard (31)
Highest home attendance	18,000 (Round 8 vs. Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 (Round 12 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	9,556
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Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 24 April (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	9.22 (76)	11.12 (78)	Won by 2 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	11,000	1–0
2	Saturday, 1 May (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	14.15 (99)	15.22 (112)	Lost by 13 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	1–1
3	Saturday, 8 May (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	15.15 (105)	9.15 (69)	Lost by 36 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	9,000	1–2
4	Saturday, 15 May (2:45 pm)	Essendon	11.15 (81)	16.13 (109)	Lost by 28 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	1–3
5	Saturday, 22 May (2:45 pm)	Geelong	21.23 (149)	7.11 (53)	Lost by 96 points	Corio Oval (A)	7,300	1–4
6	Saturday, 29 May (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	15.11 (101)	13.20 (98)	Lost by 3 points	Lake Oval (A)	10,000	1–5
7	Saturday, 5 June (2:30 pm)	Richmond	9.6 (60)	8.10 (58)	Won by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	2–5
8	Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm)	Melbourne	12.10 (82)	15.15 (105)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,000	2–6
9	Saturday, 19 June (2:30 pm)	Carlton	15.24 (114)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 55 points	Princes Park (A)	11,000	2–7
10	Saturday, 26 June (2:30 pm)	Footscray	15.16 (106)	14.15 (99)	Won by 7 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,500	3–7
11	Saturday, 3 July (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	13.23 (101)	6.13 (49)	Lost by 52 points	Victoria Park (A)	5,800	3–8
12	Saturday, 10 July (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	9.15 (69)	6.15 (51)	Won by 18 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	4–8
13	Saturday, 17 July (2:30 pm)	St Kilda	11.15 (81)	9.8 (62)	Lost by 19 points	Junction Oval (A)	9,000	4–9
14	Saturday, 24 July (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy	10.11 (71)	6.13 (49)	Won by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,500	5–9
15	Saturday, 31 July (2:30 pm)	Essendon	11.13 (79)	13.14 (92)	Won by 13 points	Windy Hill (A)	6,000	6–9
16	Saturday, 14 August (2:45 pm)	Geelong	13.13 (91)	17.12 (114)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	6–10
17	Saturday, 21 August (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	15.12 (102)	10.15 (75)	Won by 27 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	7–10
18	Saturday, 28 August (2:45 pm)	Richmond	14.13 (97)	13.14 (92)	Lost by 5 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	18,000	7–11

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Geelong (P)	18	15	3	0	1824	1348	135.3	60
2	Melbourne	18	15	3	0	1945	1482	131.2	60
3	Collingwood	18	13	5	0	1908	1479	129.0	52
4	Richmond	18	11	6	1	1647	1525	108.0	46
5	Carlton	18	11	7	0	1624	1464	110.9	44
6	St Kilda	18	10	8	0	1600	1580	101.3	40
7	Fitzroy	18	7	11	0	1386	1488	93.1	28
8	Hawthorn	18	7	11	0	1413	1675	84.4	28
9	South Melbourne	18	6	11	1	1527	1698	89.9	26
10	Essendon	18	5	13	0	1530	1689	90.6	20
11	Footscray	18	4	14	0	1409	1722	81.8	16
12	North Melbourne	18	3	15	0	1188	1851	64.2	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 88.0
Source: AFL Tables