1979 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1979 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-0-12, P%: 99.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Michael Tuck (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Michael Moncrieff (45)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Kelvin Moore

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Don Scott

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Geoff #2 16 R01-R04, R06-R09, R12-R13, R15, R17, R19-R22 11
Ablett, Kevin #35 12 R04-R09, R14-R19 18
Ayres, Gary #7 10 R01, R05, R07-R08, R14-R18, R22 11
De Wolde, Alle #27 21 R01-R16, R18-R22 1
DiPierdomenico, Robert #9 15 R03-R07, R09, R12-R13, R15-R16, R18-R22 1
Eade, Rodney #26 21 R01-R21 9
Emery, Steve #38 5 R01-R03, R15, R17 0
Goad, Alan #19 12 R01, R04, R08-R14, R19-R21 11
Goss, Norm #1 18 R01-R05, R07, R09-R14, R16, R18-R22 29
Hendrie, John #25 19 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09-R22 23
Jones, Bernie #39 6 R04, R06, R08-R09, R21-R22 1
Kennedy, John #34 17 R06-R22 1
King, Tony #30 4 R05, R08, R17-R18 3
Knights, Peter #24 11 R01-R06, R10-R11, R13-R15 10
Martello, Alan #14 6 R02-R03, R10-R13 7
Matthews, Leigh #3 13 R01-R06, R08-R12, R16-R17 30
McCarthy, Michael #20 8 R04, R16-R22 7
McFaull, Brendan #18 2 R02-R03 1
Moncrieff, Michael #6 15 R01-R09, R11-R14, R17-R18 45
Moore, Kelvin #15 22 R01-R22 7
Moore, Terry #33 14 R05-R07, R10-R17, R19-R21 8
Murnane, Peter #43 20 R01-R16, R18-R20, R22 16
O'Halloran, David #8 18 R01-R10, R14-R21 6
Paton, Ian #42 15 R01-R05, R07-R16 3
Polkinghorne, David #10 20 R01-R07, R10-R22 3
Polkinghorne, Robert #11 4 R08, R20-R22 0
Rice, Leon #13 1 R22 0
Russo, Peter #4 12 R02-R03, R06-R07, R10-R11, R13, R15-R17, R21-R22 12
Scott, Don #23 14 R01, R03-R12, R18-R19, R22 15
Tuck, Michael #17 22 R01-R22 20
Turner, Mark #44 9 R14-R22 2
Wallace, Terry #16 21 R01-R02, R04-R22 7
Walter, Richard #45 2 R01-R02 2
Wilkinson, Robert #31 6 R07, R14, R17-R20 4
Wilton, Nick #21 9 R08-R13, R20-R22 6

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)
Parkin, David 22 10 -0- 12 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
07/04/1979 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 25 David Parkin Don Scott
14/04/1979 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 30 David Parkin Leigh Matthews
21/04/1979 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 40 David Parkin Don Scott
25/04/1979 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 94 David Parkin Don Scott
05/05/1979 Round 5 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 79 David Parkin Don Scott
12/05/1979 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 60 David Parkin Don Scott
19/05/1979 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 12 David Parkin Don Scott
26/05/1979 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 43 David Parkin Don Scott
02/06/1979 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 8 David Parkin Don Scott
10/06/1979 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 51 David Parkin Don Scott
16/06/1979 Round 11 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 1 David Parkin Don Scott
23/06/1979 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 39 David Parkin Don Scott
30/06/1979 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 105 David Parkin unknown
07/07/1979 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 15 David Parkin unknown
14/07/1979 Round 15 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 1 David Parkin unknown
21/07/1979 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 15 David Parkin Leigh Matthews
28/07/1979 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 28 David Parkin Leigh Matthews
04/08/1979 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 11 David Parkin Don Scott
11/08/1979 Round 19 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 22 David Parkin Don Scott
18/08/1979 Round 20 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 4 David Parkin unknown
25/08/1979 Round 21 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 105 David Parkin unknown
01/09/1979 Round 22 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 38 David Parkin Don Scott