| 释义 |
- Fixture Premiership Season Finals Series
- Ladder
- References
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| club = Hawthorn Football Club
| season = 1961
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| president = Dr. A.S. Ferguson
| coach = John Kennedy Sr.
| captain = Graham Arthur
| home ground = Glenferrie Oval
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| regularseason comp = VFL season
| regularseason result = 14–4 (1st)
| finals series = Finals series
| finals result = Premiers
(Defeated {{AFL Foo}} 94–51)
| club b&f = Best and fairest
| best and fairest = Ian Law
| leading goalscorer = John Peck (49)
| highest attendance = 107,935 (Grand Final vs. {{AFL Foo}})
| lowest attendance = 14,000 (Round 15 vs. {{AFL NM}})
| average attendance = 37,471
| prevseason = 1960
| nextseason = 1962}}The 1961 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 37th season in the Victorian Football League and 60th overall. The season was a historic one for Hawthorn finishing top of the ladder and claiming the McClelland Trophy for the first time in their history, reaching the Grand Final for the first time in their history, and winning the Premiership for the first time in their history. FixturePremiership Season| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | | Home | Away | Result |
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| 1 | Saturday, 15 April (2:20 pm) | {{AFL SM}} | 7.14 (56) | 11.15 (81) | Lost by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,000 | 0–1 |
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| 2 | Saturday, 22 April (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Mel}} | 5.14 (44) | 11.10 (76) | Won by 32 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 34,640 | 1–1 |
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| 3 | Saturday, 29 April (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Fit}} | 13.17 (95) | 10.9 (69) | Won by 26 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,500 | 2–1 |
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| 4 | Saturday, 6 May (2:20 pm) | {{AFL NM}} | 8.7 (55) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 30 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 13,500 | 3–1 |
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| 5 | Saturday, 13 May (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Ess}} | 9.21 (75) | 12.4 (76) | Lost by 1 point | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 31,000 | 3–2 |
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| 6 | Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Stk}} | 14.16 (100) | 12.9 (81) | Lost by 19 points | Junction Oval (A) | 32,900 | 3–3 |
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| 7 | Saturday, 3 June (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Ric}} | 10.13 (73) | 8.12 (60) | Won by 13 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,000 | 4–3 |
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| 8 | Monday, 12 June (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Foo}} | 14.19 (103) | 13.13 (91) | Lost by 12 points | Western Oval (A) | 24,132 | 4–4 |
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| 9 | Saturday, 17 June (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Gee}} | 9.7 (61) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 9 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 14,197 | 5–4 |
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| 10 | Saturday, 24 June (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Car}} | 12.6 (78) | 6.10 (46) | Won by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,500 | 6–4 |
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| 11 | Saturday, 1 July (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Col}} | 13.12 (90) | 4.12 (36) | Won by 54 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 31,500 | 7–4 |
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| 12 | Saturday, 8 July (2:20 pm) | {{AFL SM}} | 7.7 (49) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 16 points | Lake Oval (A) | 13,860 | 8–4 |
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| 13 | Saturday, 15 July (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Mel}} | 8.10 (58) | 5.10 (40) | Won by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 27,500 | 9–4 |
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| 14 | Saturday, 29 July (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Fit}} | 12.15 (87) | 13.16 (94) | Won by 7 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 23,012 | 10–4 |
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| 15 | Saturday, 5 August (2:20 pm) | {{AFL NM}} | 15.10 (100) | 6.11 (47) | Won by 53 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 11–4 |
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| 16 | Saturday, 12 August (2:45 pm) | {{AFL Ess}} | 10.12 (72) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 7 points | Windy Hill (A) | 27,200 | 12–4 |
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| 17 | Saturday, 19 August (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Stk}} | 19.6 (120) | 14.7 (91) | Won by 29 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 34,500 | 13–4 |
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| 18 | Saturday, 26 August (2:20 pm) | {{AFL Ric}} | 8.8 (56) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 25 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 15,177 | 14–4 |
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Finals Series| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | | Home | Away | Result |
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| Second Semi-Final | Saturday, 9 September (2:30 pm) | {{AFL Mel}} | 12.8 (80) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 7 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 87,744 |
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| Grand Final | Saturday, 23 September (2:50 pm) | {{AFL Foo}} | 13.16 (94) | 7.9 (51) | Won by 43 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 107,935 |
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Ladder{{AFL Ladder/1961}}References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1961.html|publisher=afltables.com|title=AFL Tables - 1961 Season Scores|accessdate=13 September 2016}}
{{Hawthorn Football Club}}{{1961 Hawthorn premiership players}}{{AFL-competition-stub}} 1 : Hawthorn Football Club seasons |