# 1983 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1983 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 59th season in the Victorian Football League and 82nd overall. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the second consecutive season. Hawthorn qualified for their seventh Grand Final and their first since 1978. Hawthorn won their fifth premiership defeating Essendon 140–57 in the Grand Final. This was their first premiership since 1978.

## 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, 26 March (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 16.16 (112) | 20.11 (131) | Won by 19 points | Junction Oval (A) | 15,626 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Monday, 4 April (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 9.16 (70) | 5.15 (45) | Won by 25 points | Princes Park (H) | 16,295 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Saturday, 9 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 6.6 (42) | 26.15 (171) | Won by 129 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 19,227 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 12.25 (97) | 17.16 (118) | Lost by 21 points | Princes Park (A) | 16,504 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 24 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 9.19 (73) | 14.11 (95) | Won by 22 points | Victoria Park (A) | 28,506 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 12.16 (88) | 15.16 (106) | Lost by 18 points | VFL Park (H) | 33,096 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | 21.16 (142) | Lost by 51 points | Princes Park (H) | 13,958 | 4–3 |
| 8 | Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 20.17 (137) | 14.11 (95) | Won by 42 points | Princes Park (H) | 21,835 | 5–3 |
| 9 | Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 15.14 (104) | 14.12 (96) | Lost by 8 points | Princes Park (A) | 30,660 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 16.13 (109) | 27.9 (171) | Won by 62 points | VFL Park (A) | 23,989 | 6–4 |
| 11 | Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 12.16 (88) | 14.11 (95) | Lost by 7 points | Princes Park (H) | 13,482 | 6–5 |
| 12 | Saturday, 11 June (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 25.17 (167) | 21.8 (134) | Won by 33 points | Princes Park (H) | 20,708 | 7–5 |
| 13 | Sunday, 19 June (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 11.12 (78) | 15.20 (110) | Won by 32 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 10,084 | 8–5 |
| 14 | Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 21.17 (143) | 9.20 (74) | Won by 69 points | Princes Park (H) | 8,188 | 9–5 |
| 15 | Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 9.6 (60) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 29 points | VFL Park (A) | 15,750 | 10–5 |
| 16 | Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 19.23 (137) | 14.16 (100) | Won by 37 points | Princes Park (H) | 28,484 | 11–5 |
| 17 | Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 11.16 (82) | 22.14 (146) | Won by 64 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 31,084 | 12–5 |
| 18 | Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 12.18 (90) | 15.7 (97) | Won by 7 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 17,720 | 13–5 |
| 19 | Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 23.18 (156) | 16.14 (110) | Lost by 46 points | Windy Hill (A) | 19,237 | 13–6 |
| 20 | Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 15.22 (112) | 20.9 (129) | Lost by 17 points | Princes Park (H) | 28,476 | 13–7 |
| 21 | Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 25.22 (172) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 115 points | VFL Park (H) | 21,192 | 14–7 |
| 22 | Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 11.11 (77) | 24.13 (157) | Won by 80 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 12,245 | 15–7 |

### Finals series

| 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 |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| Qualifying Final | Saturday, 3 September (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy | 19.13 (127) | 19.9 (123) | Won by 4 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 58,288 |
| Second Semi-Final | Saturday, 10 September (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | 6.12 (48) | Won by 40 points | VFL Park (H) | 41,063 |
| Grand Final | Saturday, 24 September (2:50 pm) | Essendon | 20.20 (140) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 83 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 110,332 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | North Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2789 | 2183 | 127.8 | 64 |
| 2 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2675 | 2078 | 128.7 | 60 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2608 | 2059 | 126.7 | 60 |
| 4 | Essendon | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2664 | 2215 | 120.3 | 60 |
| 5 | Carlton | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2360 | 2244 | 105.2 | 52 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2315 | 2247 | 103.0 | 48 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2102 | 2428 | 86.6 | 40 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2220 | 2557 | 86.8 | 36 |
| 9 | Geelong | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1932 | 2197 | 87.9 | 32 |
| 10 | Richmond | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2124 | 2392 | 88.8 | 28 |
| 11 | Sydney | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2068 | 2670 | 77.5 | 28 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 2150 | 2737 | 78.6 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 106.1 Source: AFL Tables