# 1975 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1975 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 51st season in the Victorian Football League and 74th overall. Hawthorn finished as minor premiers for the fourth time and the first time since 1971, This was the first time Hawthorn qualified for finals in consecutive seasons. Hawthorn qualified for their fourth Grand Final and their first since 1971. Hawthorn were defeated by North Melbourne in the Grand Final 67–122. This was their first Grand Final defeat since 1963.

## 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) | North Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | 11.10 (76) | Won by 29 points | Princes Park (H) | 14,978 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.15 (81) | 17.19 (121) | Won by 40 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 18,465 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 12.15 (87) | 17.14 (116) | Won by 29 points | VFL Park (A) | 39,496 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 9.15 (69) | 13.21 (99) | Won by 30 points | Lake Oval (A) | 12,708 | 4–0 |
| 5 | Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 19.22 (136) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 55 points | Princes Park (H) | 11,198 | 5–0 |
| 6 | Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 16.15 (111) | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 26 points | Princes Park (A) | 28,532 | 5–1 |
| 7 | Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 19.16 (130) | 13.12 (90) | Won by 40 points | Princes Park (H) | 10,940 | 6–1 |
| 8 | Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 5.10 (40) | 17.11 (113) | Won by 73 points | VFL Park (A) | 23,466 | 7–1 |
| 9 | Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 8.10 (58) | 20.14 (134) | Won by 76 points | Western Oval (A) | 15,933 | 8–1 |
| 10 | Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 19.24 (138) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 49 points | Princes Park (H) | 24,061 | 9–1 |
| 11 | Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 13.12 (90) | 21.20 (146) | Won by 56 points | Windy Hill (A) | 23,244 | 10–1 |
| 12 | Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.17 (95) | 18.12 (120) | Won by 25 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 15,478 | 11–1 |
| 13 | Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.19 (85) | 7.19 (61) | Won by 24 points | Princes Park (H) | 15,533 | 12–1 |
| 14 | Saturday, 5 July (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | 5.9 (39) | Won by 25 points | VFL Park (H) | 14,008 | 13–1 |
| 15 | Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 14.10 (94) | 2.20 (32) | Won by 62 points | Princes Park (H) | 17,276 | 14–1 |
| 16 | Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 15.17 (107) | 17.17 (119) | Won by 12 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 18,829 | 15–1 |
| 17 | Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 15.15 (105) | 15.11 (101) | Won by 4 points | Princes Park (H) | 31,253 | 16–1 |
| 18 | Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 15.23 (113) | 10.19 (79) | Lost by 34 points | Junction Oval (A) | 9,139 | 16–2 |
| 19 | Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 25.23 (173) | 8.7 (55) | Won by 118 points | Princes Park (H) | 8,417 | 17–2 |
| 20 | Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 13.13 (91) | 14.9 (93) | Lost by 2 points | VFL Park (H) | 15,601 | 17–3 |
| 21 | Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 7.15 (57) | 3.9 (27) | Lost by 30 points | Victoria Park (A) | 26,303 | 17–4 |
| 22 | Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 14.19 (103) | 17.8 (110) | Lost by 7 points | Princes Park (H) | 12,236 | 17–5 |

### 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 |
| First semi-final | Saturday, 13 September (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | 10.11 (71) | Won by 11 points | VFL Park (H) | 52,076 |
| Grand Final | Saturday, 27 September (2:50 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | 19.8 (122) | Lost by 55 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 110,551 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Hawthorn | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2383 | 1735 | 137.3 | 68 |
| 2 | Carlton | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2360 | 1827 | 129.2 | 64 |
| 3 | North Melbourne (P) | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2096 | 1821 | 115.1 | 56 |
| 4 | Richmond | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2269 | 1999 | 113.5 | 52 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 1983 | 2112 | 93.9 | 52 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1982 | 1954 | 101.4 | 44 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1968 | 2076 | 94.8 | 44 |
| 8 | Essendon | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2222 | 2451 | 90.7 | 40 |
| 9 | Fitzroy | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2079 | 2142 | 97.1 | 36 |
| 10 | Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2092 | 2234 | 93.6 | 36 |
| 11 | Geelong | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1735 | 2218 | 78.2 | 28 |
| 12 | South Melbourne | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1798 | 2398 | 75.0 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 94.6 Source: AFL Tables