# 1969 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1969 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 45th season in the Victorian Football League and 68th overall.

## Fixture
### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 17.9 (111) | 11.23 (89) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 28,802 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 30.30 (210) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 128 points | Princes Park (A) | 25,894 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 12.13 (85) | 14.14 (98) | Won by 13 points | Windy Hill (A) | 15,770 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 19.16 (130) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 45 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,622 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 21.10 (136) | 14.20 (104) | Won by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,288 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.9 (87) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 9 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 15,338 | 5–1 |
| 7 | Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 7.10 (52) | 8.13 (61) | Won by 9 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 35,933 | 6–1 |
| 8 | Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 13.16 (94) | 13.12 (90) | Won by 4 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,888 | 7–1 |
| 9 | Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 14.11 (95) | 7.7 (49) | Lost by 46 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 15,168 | 7–2 |
| 10 | Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 12.9 (81) | 16.9 (105) | Won by 24 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,526 | 8–2 |
| 11 | Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 25.13 (163) | 14.21 (105) | Won by 58 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,721 | 9–2 |
| 12 | Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 9.24 (78) | 6.11 (47) | Lost by 31 points | Victoria Park (A) | 31,923 | 9–3 |
| 13 | Saturday, 5 July (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 11.14 (80) | 22.17 (149) | Lost by 69 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,480 | 9–4 |
| 14 | Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 17.19 (121) | 16.18 (114) | Won by 7 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 17,605 | 10–4 |
| 15 | Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 15.16 (106) | 14.9 (93) | Lost by 13 points | Western Oval (A) | 15,955 | 10–5 |
| 16 | Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 13.17 (95) | 21.5 (131) | Won by 36 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 32,527 | 11–5 |
| 17 | Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 22.12 (144) | 18.18 (126) | Won by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,504 | 12–5 |
| 18 | Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 13.10 (88) | 13.21 (99) | Lost by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,480 | 12–6 |
| 19 | Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 16.14 (110) | 14.11 (95) | Lost by 15 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 31,569 | 12–7 |
| 20 | Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 14.17 (101) | 13.12 (90) | Won by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,539 | 13–7 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2129 | 1651 | 129.0 | 60 |
| 2 | Carlton | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2260 | 1875 | 120.5 | 60 |
| 3 | Geelong | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2092 | 1745 | 119.9 | 54 |
| 4 | Richmond (P) | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2060 | 1653 | 124.6 | 52 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2025 | 2050 | 98.8 | 52 |
| 6 | Essendon | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1941 | 1893 | 102.5 | 42 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1803 | 1747 | 103.2 | 36 |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1859 | 2125 | 87.5 | 32 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1803 | 2186 | 82.5 | 28 |
| 10 | Fitzroy | 20 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1745 | 2118 | 82.4 | 28 |
| 11 | Footscray | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1778 | 2079 | 85.5 | 24 |
| 12 | Melbourne | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1838 | 2211 | 83.1 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 97.2 Source: AFL Tables