1966 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1966 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 42nd season in the Victorian Football League and 65th overall. Following the season John Kennedy Sr. returned as coach.

Hawthorn Football Club

1966 season
President	Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach	Peter O'Donohue
Captain(s)	Graham Arthur
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL season	5–13 (9th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Ray Wilson
Leading goalkicker	John Peck (32)
Highest home attendance	21,520 (Round 17 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	8,429 (Round 16 vs. Footscray)
Average home attendance	14,679
← 1965 1967 →

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 23 April (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	17.13 (115)	9.8 (62)	Lost by 53 points	Victoria Park (A)	32,741	0–1
2	Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	7.14 (56)	3.11 (29)	Won by 27 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,054	1–1
3	Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	14.22 (106)	7.15 (57)	Lost by 49 points	Lake Oval (A)	16,894	1–2
4	Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	9.13 (67)	14.15 (99)	Lost by 32 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,816	1–3
5	Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm)	Footscray	10.10 (70)	4.10 (34)	Lost by 36 points	Western Oval (A)	12,424	1–4
6	Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm)	Essendon	15.15 (105)	12.9 (81)	Lost by 24 points	Windy Hill (A)	15,329	1–5
7	Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm)	St Kilda	11.12 (78)	15.12 (102)	Lost by 24 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	17,755	1–6
8	Monday, 13 June (2:20 pm)	Fitzroy	8.13 (61)	11.14 (80)	Won by 19 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	13,057	2–6
9	Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm)	Carlton	9.13 (67)	9.9 (63)	Won by 4 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	19,504	3–6
10	Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm)	Geelong	17.15 (117)	8.9 (57)	Lost by 60 points	Kardinia Park (A)	13,941	3–7
11	Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm)	Richmond	6.13 (49)	11.13 (79)	Lost by 30 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	15,880	3–8
12	Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	5.7 (37)	16.14 (110)	Lost by 73 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,880	3–9
13	Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	23.13 (151)	9.5 (59)	Lost by 92 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	18,254	3–10
14	Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	10.16 (76)	14.17 (101)	Lost by 25 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,277	3–11
15	Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	11.16 (82)	12.11 (83)	Won by 1 point	Arden Street Oval (A)	5,835	4–11
16	Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm)	Footscray	18.11 (119)	9.13 (67)	Won by 52 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,429	5–11
17	Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm)	Essendon	11.13 (79)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 21 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	21,520	5–12
18	Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm)	St Kilda	14.9 (93)	13.5 (83)	Lost by 10 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	23,860	5–13

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Collingwood	18	15	3	0	1687	1073	157.2	60
2	St Kilda (P)	18	14	4	0	1641	1149	142.8	56
3	Geelong	18	14	4	0	1599	1162	137.6	56
4	Essendon	18	14	4	0	1457	1204	121.0	56
5	Richmond	18	13	4	1	1626	1320	123.2	54
6	Carlton	18	10	8	0	1233	1143	107.9	40
7	North Melbourne	18	7	10	1	1294	1381	93.7	30
8	South Melbourne	18	7	11	0	1486	1505	98.7	28
9	Hawthorn	18	5	13	0	1224	1650	74.2	20
10	Footscray	18	4	14	0	1004	1458	68.9	16
11	Melbourne	18	3	15	0	1235	1580	78.2	12
12	Fitzroy	18	1	17	0	1004	1865	53.8	4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 76.3
Source: AFL Tables