1961 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 125.1%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): Ian Law (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Peck (44)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Ian Law

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Graham Arthur

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbott, Charlie #16 3 R06-R08 1
Arthur, Graham #2 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 16
Athorne, Wayne #25 1 R10 0
Browne, Morton #4 18 R01-R04, R06, R08-R18, SF, GF 29
Cabble, Ron #6 5 R04-R05, R07, R10, R18 2
Connell, Kevin #32 14 R01-R10, R13, R17-R18, SF 16
Cooper, Graham #10 18 R01-R03, R06-R18, SF, GF 1
Cunningham, Jack #19 7 R09, R12-R16, GF 11
Edwards, Brendan #9 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 8
Fisher, John #5 18 R01-R13, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
Haslem, Graeme #18 3 R01, R12, R15 0
Hay, Phil #22 18 R01-R11, R13-R17, SF, GF 11
Hay, Sted #20 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Hill, Malcolm #11 16 R02-R07, R11-R18, SF, GF 5
Joiner, Bill #17 8 R01-R02, R04-R09 2
Joyce, Alan #49 3 R11, R13, R18 1
Kaine, Les #1 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Law, Ian #7 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 28
McArthur, John #28 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
McMahon, Max #24 1 R04 0
McPherson, Cam #26 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 0
Mort, Ian #14 18 R01-R12, R14-R17, SF, GF 14
Nalder, Ron #3 14 R01-R06, R12-R17, SF, GF 7
Parkin, David #33 1 R18 0
Peck, John #23 18 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R18, SF, GF 49
Poole, Reg #29 13 R08-R18, SF, GF 0
Simmonds, Roy #27 8 R02-R07, R11, R14 0
Winneke, John #12 19 R01, R03-R18, SF, GF 0
Young, Garry #31 19 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF, GF 32
Youren, Colin #30 17 R01-R03, R05, R08-R18, SF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Kennedy, John 20 16 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 25 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
22/04/1961 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 32 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
29/04/1961 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 26 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
06/05/1961 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 30 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
13/05/1961 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 1 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
27/05/1961 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 19 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
03/06/1961 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 13 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
12/06/1961 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 12 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
17/06/1961 Round 9 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 9 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
24/06/1961 Round 10 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 32 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
01/07/1961 Round 11 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 54 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
08/07/1961 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 16 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
15/07/1961 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 18 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
29/07/1961 Round 14 Fitzroy AWAY WIN HAW by 7 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
05/08/1961 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 53 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
12/08/1961 Round 16 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 7 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
19/08/1961 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 29 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
26/08/1961 Round 18 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 25 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
09/09/1961 Semi Final Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 7 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
23/09/1961 Grand Final Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 43 John Kennedy Graham Arthur