1971 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 19-0-3, P%: 153.7%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Hudson (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Hudson (140)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Leigh Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): David Parkin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Angus, Geoff #33 17 R01, R03-R16, R22, GF 7
Beck, Ken #4 7 R09-R11, R15-R16, R22, GF 0
Bremner, Ian #20 17 R01-R15, SF, GF 1
Bussell, Norm #16 22 R01-R03, R05-R17, R19-R22, SF, GF 0
Chilton, Peter #3 3 R17-R19 0
Chiron, Gene #36 8 R01-R07, R21 0
Crimmins, Peter #5 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 30
Day, Robert #12 23 R02-R22, SF, GF 10
Douge, Brian #35 7 R02, R09, R17-R18, R20-R22 2
Grummisch, Charlie #7 12 R01-R08, R10-R13 2
Hawken, Les #18 22 R01, R03-R09, R11-R22, SF, GF 0
Heath, Kevin #8 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 20
Hudson, Peter #26 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 150
Johnson, Ross #19 2 R04, R06 0
Keddie, Bob #2 23 R01-R21, SF, GF 39
Knights, Peter #24 22 R01-R15, R17-R22, SF 4
Martello, Alan #14 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 24
Matthews, Leigh #32 23 R01-R15, R17-R22, SF, GF 43
Meagher, Des #30 19 R01-R16, R20, SF, GF 3
Moncrieff, Michael #6 9 R02, R12, R14, R16-R21 3
Moore, Kelvin #15 21 R01-R04, R07-R19, R21-R22, SF, GF 3
Parkin, David #27 22 R01-R02, R04-R16, R18-R22, SF, GF 0
Porter, Michael #9 16 R01, R03-R07, R09-R10, R17-R22, SF, GF 14
Rice, Leon #13 14 R08, R12-R22, SF, GF 4
Scott, Don #23 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 3
Shinners, Brian #40 10 R05, R08, R13-R19, SF 2
Smith, Geoff #22 7 R01-R03, R11, R16, R21-R22 3
Stevenson, Bruce #34 19 R05, R07-R22, SF, GF 11
Stubbs, Ron #1 6 R01-R04, R06, R10 1
Tipping, Lindsay #11 1 R20 0
Wilson, Ray #10 8 R16-R20, R22, 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 24 21 -0- 3 R01-R22, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1971 Round 1 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 24 John Kennedy David Parkin
10/04/1971 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 44 John Kennedy David Parkin
17/04/1971 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 8 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
24/04/1971 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 58 John Kennedy David Parkin
01/05/1971 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 48 John Kennedy David Parkin
08/05/1971 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 6 John Kennedy David Parkin
15/05/1971 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 67 John Kennedy David Parkin
22/05/1971 Round 8 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 95 John Kennedy David Parkin
29/05/1971 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN HAW by 60 John Kennedy David Parkin
05/06/1971 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 52 John Kennedy David Parkin
14/06/1971 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 20 John Kennedy David Parkin
19/06/1971 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN HAW by 33 John Kennedy David Parkin
26/06/1971 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN HAW by 35 John Kennedy David Parkin
03/07/1971 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 19 John Kennedy David Parkin
10/07/1971 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 23 John Kennedy David Parkin
17/07/1971 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 49 John Kennedy David Parkin
24/07/1971 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 115 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
31/07/1971 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 32 John Kennedy David Parkin
07/08/1971 Round 19 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 92 John Kennedy David Parkin
14/08/1971 Round 20 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 39 John Kennedy David Parkin
21/08/1971 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY WIN HAW by 35 John Kennedy David Parkin
28/08/1971 Round 22 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 59 John Kennedy David Parkin
11/09/1971 Semi Final St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 2 John Kennedy David Parkin
25/09/1971 Grand Final St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 7 John Kennedy David Parkin