The 1972 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 48th season in the Victorian Football League and 71st 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) Venue Attendance Record Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) 15.14 (104) 10.15 (75) Won by 29 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,513 1–0 2 Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) 11.10 (76) 19.24 (138) Won by 62 points Arden Street Oval (A) 10,200 2–0 3 Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) 9.11 (65) 15.17 (107) Won by 42 points VFL Park (A) 16,431 3–0 4 Saturday, 22 April (2:10 pm) 11.17 (83) 9.10 (64) Lost by 19 points Junction Oval (A) 16,397 3–1 5 Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) 14.20 (104) 11.10 (76) Won by 28 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,440 4–1 6 Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) 14.12 (96) 15.11 (101) Won by 5 points Victoria Park (A) 29,885 5–1 7 Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) 13.14 (92) 9.20 (74) Won by 18 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,727 6–1 8 Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) 11.25 (91) 13.6 (84) Lost by 7 points VFL Park (A) 25,661 6–2 9 Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) 15.17 (107) 14.21 (105) Lost by 2 points Windy Hill (A) 28,187 6–3 10 Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm) 11.22 (88) 13.7 (85) Won by 3 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 26,585 7–3 11 Saturday, 10 June (2:10 pm) 17.8 (110) 7.14 (56) Lost by 54 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 27,313 7–4 12 Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) 11.10 (76) 11.9 (75) Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 31,314 7–5 13 Saturday, 1 July (2:10 pm) 21.14 (140) 10.16 (76) Won by 64 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,206 8–5 14 Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) 19.19 (133) 12.8 (80) Won by 53 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,375 9–5 15 Saturday, 15 July (2:10 pm) 19.14 (128) 15.8 (98) Won by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,844 10–5 16 Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) 13.11 (89) 19.16 (130) Won by 41 points Western Oval (A) 18,400 11–5 17 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) 11.16 (82) 19.13 (127) Lost by 45 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 24,132 11–6 18 Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) 13.11 (89) 23.10 (148) Won by 59 points Lake Oval (A) 9,207 12–6 19 Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) 15.12 (102) 17.11 (113) Lost by 11 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,834 12–7 20 Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) 15.16 (106) 12.15 (87) Won by 19 points VFL Park (H) 36,861 13–7 21 Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) 24.12 (156) 11.22 (88) Lost by 68 points Princes Park (A) 32,048 13–8 22 Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) 15.12 (102) 18.13 (121) Lost by 19 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 22,923 13–9
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