1960 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1960 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 36th season in the Victorian Football League and 59th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1960 season
President	Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach	John Kennedy Sr.
Captain(s)	Graham Arthur
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
Night series	Runner-up
VFL season	11–7 (5th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and fairest	Brendan Edwards
Leading goalkicker	Garry Young (36)
Highest home attendance	30,000 (Round 2 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	12,000 (Round 8 vs. Richmond)
Average home attendance	17,500
← 1959 1961 →

Fixture

Night Series

See also: 1960 Night Series Cup

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Thursday, 1 September	North Melbourne	17.21 (123)	9.7 (61)	Won by 62 points	Lake Oval	9,800
Semi-final	Thursday, 15 September	Geelong	14.20 (104)	6.8 (44)	Won by 60 points	Lake Oval	14,500
Final	Tuesday, 27 September	South Melbourne	10.12 (72)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 13 points	Lake Oval	20,000

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 16 April (2:20 pm)	Essendon	12.21 (93)	9.12 (66)	Lost by 27 points	Windy Hill (A)	23,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	6.16 (52)	7.13 (55)	Lost by 3 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	30,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm)	Footscray	6.9 (45)	6.17 (53)	Lost by 8 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm)	Carlton	5.18 (48)	5.7 (37)	Lost by 11 points	Princes Park (A)	11,066	0–4
5	Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	5.7 (37)	7.15 (57)	Lost by 20 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,500	0–5
6	Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	7.6 (48)	9.8 (62)	Won by 14 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	8,600	1–5
7	Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm)	Geelong	14.15 (99)	14.13 (97)	Won by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,500	2–5
8	Saturday, 11 June (2:20 pm)	Richmond	13.18 (96)	11.15 (81)	Won by 15 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	3–5
9	Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm)	St Kilda	7.13 (55)	8.19 (67)	Won by 12 points	Junction Oval (A)	23,900	4–5
10	Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	11.7 (73)	13.6 (84)	Won by 11 points	Lake Oval (A)	22,300	5–5
11	Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm)	Fitzroy	10.9 (69)	12.14 (86)	Lost by 17 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,000	5–6
12	Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm)	Essendon	10.13 (73)	16.11 (107)	Lost by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	23,500	5–7
13	Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	7.15 (57)	7.16 (58)	Won by 1 point	Victoria Park (A)	18,637	6–7
14	Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm)	Footscray	5.9 (39)	9.21 (75)	Won by 36 points	Western Oval (A)	16,794	7–7
15	Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm)	Carlton	13.10 (88)	9.7 (61)	Won by 27 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	8–7
16	Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	9.13 (67)	11.10 (76)	Won by 9 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	24,646	9–7
17	Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	9.17 (71)	8.4 (52)	Won by 19 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,000	10–7
18	Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm)	Geelong	9.9 (63)	14.12 (96)	Won by 33 points	Kardinia Park (A)	14,587	11–7

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Melbourne (P)	18	14	4	0	1455	1017	143.1	56
2	Fitzroy	18	14	4	0	1332	1184	112.5	56
3	Essendon	18	13	5	0	1506	1204	125.1	52
4	Collingwood	18	11	7	0	1314	1150	114.3	44
5	Hawthorn	18	11	7	0	1251	1192	104.9	44
6	St Kilda	18	9	9	0	1159	1140	101.7	36
7	Carlton	18	8	9	1	1300	1313	99.0	34
8	South Melbourne	18	7	11	0	1304	1413	92.3	28
9	Geelong	18	6	11	1	1311	1373	95.5	26
10	Footscray	18	6	12	0	1065	1178	90.4	24
11	North Melbourne	18	5	13	0	1183	1474	80.3	20
12	Richmond	18	2	14	2	1086	1628	66.7	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 70.7
Source: AFL Tables