# 1962 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1962 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 38th season in the Victorian Football League and 61st overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL premiers.

## 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, 21 April (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 12.8 (80) | 6.11 (47) | Lost by 33 points | Western Oval (A) | 30,762 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 28 April (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 13.9 (87) | 10.15 (75) | Won by 12 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 23,500 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 5 May (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 18.10 (118) | 12.7 (79) | Lost by 39 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 25,819 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 12 May (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 12.6 (78) | 12.19 (91) | Lost by 13 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 22,300 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Saturday, 19 May (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 11.8 (74) | 9.16 (70) | Won by 4 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 2–3 |
| 6 | Saturday, 26 May (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 11.13 (79) | 8.8 (56) | Lost by 23 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 14,781 | 2–4 |
| 7 | Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm) | St Kilda | 9.8 (62) | 12.22 (94) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 28,000 | 2–5 |
| 8 | Saturday, 9 June (2:20 pm) | Essendon | 9.15 (69) | 7.10 (52) | Won by 17 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,000 | 3–5 |
| 9 | Saturday, 23 June (2:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 10.8 (68) | 10.7 (67) | Lost by 1 point | Arden Street Oval (A) | 8,470 | 3–6 |
| 10 | Saturday, 30 June (2:20 pm) | South Melbourne | 7.8 (50) | 12.14 (86) | Won by 36 points | Lake Oval (A) | 10,950 | 4–6 |
| 11 | Saturday, 7 July (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | 14.12 (96) | Lost by 16 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 4–7 |
| 12 | Saturday, 14 July (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 13.8 (84) | 16.6 (102) | Lost by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 4–8 |
| 13 | Saturday, 21 July (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 15.9 (99) | 9.6 (60) | Lost by 39 points | Victoria Park (A) | 16,848 | 4–9 |
| 14 | Saturday, 28 July (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 11.17 (83) | 16.13 (109) | Lost by 26 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 4–10 |
| 15 | Saturday, 4 August (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 8.11 (59) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 6 points | Princes Park (A) | 18,250 | 4–11 |
| 16 | Saturday, 11 August (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 11.11 (77) | 15.4 (94) | Won by 17 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 15,992 | 5–11 |
| 17 | Saturday, 18 August (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 12.11 (83) | 13.13 (91) | Lost by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,600 | 5–12 |
| 18 | Saturday, 25 August (2:20 pm) | St Kilda | 14.16 (100) | 9.11 (65) | Lost by 35 points | Junction Oval (A) | 17,450 | 5–13 |

### Night 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 |
| 1 | Tuesday, 11 September | Footscray | 11.21 (87) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 23 points | Lake Oval | 13,560 |
| Semi-Final | Tuesday, 18 September | Collingwood | 18.13 (121) | 7.7 (49) | Won by 72 points | Lake Oval | 20,100 |
| Final | Wednesday, 26 September | Richmond | 8.16 (64) | 9.6 (60) | Lost by 4 points | Lake Oval | 24,550 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1574 | 1207 | 130.4 | 64 |
| 2 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1690 | 1213 | 139.3 | 56 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1374 | 1092 | 125.8 | 56 |
| 4 | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1361 | 1205 | 112.9 | 52 |
| 5 | Footscray | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1390 | 1281 | 108.5 | 44 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1379 | 1267 | 108.8 | 36 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1365 | 1386 | 98.5 | 36 |
| 8 | Richmond | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1308 | 1446 | 90.5 | 20 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1307 | 1510 | 86.6 | 20 |
| 10 | Fitzroy | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1222 | 1529 | 79.9 | 20 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1152 | 1575 | 73.1 | 16 |
| 12 | South Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1193 | 1604 | 74.4 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 75.5 Source: AFL Tables