1963 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 13-1-4, P%: 130.6%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Ian Law (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Peck (69)
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 5 R15-R18, SF 0
Albiston, David #6 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 16
Arthur, Graham #2 20 R01-R06, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 18
Beck, Ken #4 11 R01, R12-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Connell, Kevin #32 3 R12, PF, GF 0
Cooper, Graham #10 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Coverdale, Kevin #11 20 R02-R18, SF, PF, GF 21
Cunningham, Jack #19 4 R03, R06, R09-R10 0
Dickson, Des #8 17 R01-R17 11
Edwards, Brendan #9 9 R01-R05, R07-R10 0
Fisher, John #5 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Growcott, Ross #12 2 R09, R18 0
Haslem, Graeme #18 2 R04-R05 0
Hay, Phil #22 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Hay, Sted #20 8 R01, R06-R08, R16, SF, PF, GF 2
Hegarty, Danny #21 1 R02 0
Joyce, Alan #13 8 R08, R10-R11, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF 4
Law, Ian #7 20 R01-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 25
Lyon, Peter #1 13 R01-R06, R11-R15, PF, GF 0
McArthur, Graeme #50 1 R15 0
McArthur, John #28 14 R02-R07, R10-R14, R16, R18, SF 1
McPherson, Cam #26 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Mort, Ian #14 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 18
Nalder, Ron #3 19 R01-R08, R10-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 17
Olsson, Rod #25 19 R02-R03, R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 12
Parkin, David #27 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Peck, John #23 16 R01-R09, R13-R17, PF, GF 75
Poole, Reg #29 2 R01, R13 0
Watson, Norm #15 1 R04 0
Woodley, Allan #24 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Woodward, Kevin #40 6 R07, R09-R11, R17-R18 0
Young, Garry #31 10 R01, R07-R12, SF, PF, GF 6
Youren, Colin #30 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 2

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 21 14 -1- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1963 Round 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 25 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
25/04/1963 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 4 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
04/05/1963 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY WIN HAW by 36 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
11/05/1963 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 71 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
18/05/1963 Round 5 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 19 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
25/05/1963 Round 6 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 22 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
01/06/1963 Round 7 Geelong AWAY DRAW drawn John Kennedy John Peck
08/06/1963 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 4 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
22/06/1963 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 6 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
06/07/1963 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 46 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
20/07/1963 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 33 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
27/07/1963 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 31 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
03/08/1963 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 22 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
10/08/1963 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 42 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
17/08/1963 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 60 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
24/08/1963 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 44 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
31/08/1963 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 41 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
07/09/1963 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 38 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
21/09/1963 Semi Final Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
28/09/1963 Preliminary Final Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 9 John Kennedy Graham Arthur
05/10/1963 Grand Final Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 49 John Kennedy Graham Arthur