How many premierships has hawthorn won

But in a slide back to eleventh followed before a tenth place finish in In the club dropped to the wooden spoon again before finishing eleventh in and In it was another wooden spoon with a repeat in in a winless season.

Another eleventh place finish followed in and before another wooden spoon in Finally in the Hawks got out of the bottom two finishing ninth and in they finished eighth. Hawthorn finished seventh in It would be in that the Hawks finally made the finals for the first time in VFL history - the last of the admissions to do so.

They finished third and faced Carlton in the first semi final. Delightfully Hawthorn won their first final at their first attempt to progress to the preliminary final.

Unfortunately they ran into Melbourne and were beaten easily. The club slipped to sixth in and then seventh in John Kennedy Senior became coach in and in his first season Hawthorn just missed the finals on percentage, finishing fifth. But in the Hawks had their best season to date finishing on top of the ladder one and a half games ahead of Melbourne.

And Hawthorn scored a seven point victory to go straight to their first ever VFL grand final. Many expected them to meet Melbourne again, but Footscray upended them to create the first ever VFL grand final between two of the teams admitted in And after a slow start the Hawks had a magnificent second half to win their first premiership by 43 points. In the club suffered a premiership hangover dropping to ninth, but they were back in again finishing on top of the ladder.

Geelong though defeated them in the second semi final and the Hawks were confronted with Melbourne again. They got past them, but the Cats were too good on grand final day. Kennedy Senior had to leave due to work commitments in , and Hawthorn suffered a costly loss to Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval in the second last round to drop out of the top four where they stayed after the final round to finish fifth.

The club reacted badly to that, and dropped like a stone in to their first wooden spoon since They could only rise to ninth in before Kennedy Senior returned for the season.

Damage had been done though and Hawthorn finished tenth that year. But they started to rise again in to sixth albeit five games outside the four. In another loss in the second last round, this time to Geelong, kept the Hawks out of the finals. The new decade began with a poor season finishing eighth in But in Hawthorn were back finishing on top of the ladder.

They withstood a last quarter fightback by St Kilda to win the second semi final, and they met the Saints again in the grand final. This time it would be the Hawks who would fight back in the final quarter and unlike their opponents this one would be successful and Hawthorn had their second ever premiership.

In the Hawks would miss the finals after they were beaten in the final round by St Kilda and Essendon would slip past them with an upset win over Collingwood. A slight slip to seventh followed in , but in Hawthorn would return to the finals - now a final five. This was partly due to their move from Glenferrie Oval to Princes Park.

They would be defeated by soon to be major rivals North Melbourne in the Qualifying final, but they would bounce back with a smashing victory over Collingwood. North though would end their season by just 5 points in the preliminary final. In the Hawks finished on top of the ladder and got the week off. In the second semi final they would defeat North Melbourne to progress to the grand final, but North returned and would defeat them despite a desperate and now famous speech by Kennedy at half time highlighted by " Don't think!

Don't hope! They defeated North Melbourne in the qualifying final and then progressed to the grand final again by defeating Carlton. It would be North again in the grand final, but Hawthorn wouldn't be bowed a second time and won the flag - which they consequently dedicated to popular player Peter Crimmins. Crimmins died from testicular cancer just a few days later. In the Hawks finished second again and would defeat North Melbourne again in the qualifying final.

This time though Collingwood defeated them in the second semi final and North would eliminate Hawthorn in the preliminary final. The winner Richmond completed the greatest month turnaround in AFL history, after finishing 13th on the ladder in , the Tigers won their first premiership in 37 years in In , they again won the grand final. Share: Facebook Twitter. Commenting is closed on this page, though you can read some previous comments below which may answer some of your questions.

Well not every sport, as there is a list of unusual sports , extinct sports and newly created sports. The third quarter was all St Kilda as they piled on the pressure. It cut the margin to 20 points at three quarter time and set the scene for one of the great Grand Final comebacks. The star was Bob Keddie who booted 4 final quarter goals, having been shifted to full forward.

However, Hudson had been the recipient of some particularly heavy treatment and was groggy and not his usual potent force, hence the Keddie move to full-forward. While Hudson did get opportunities in the final term, his attempts to break the record foundered as first he kicked into the man on the mark and then out on the full from 30 yards out.

Coach John Kennedy Snr had developed a super-fit team through relentless training, with a team plan to play on at all costs. As minor premiers, the Hawks had proved their worth by beating Melbourne who had won five of the previous six premierships in the Second Semi Final. To the surprise of most, Footscray won the Preliminary Final to make the Grand Final a clash of two clubs that had joined the League in After a poor first half, the Hawks were lucky to only trail by nine points at the long interval.

However, they were revitalized in the third quarter, hitting the front within three minutes and slamming on 6. Brendan Edwards had 33 kicks in a best-on-ground performance with strong support from John Peck when he was moved into the ruck for the second half.

Introduced in till , the night premierships was a consolation knock-out competition held in September, open to the clubs that missed the final four, with the games played at the Lakeside Oval, South Melbourne. There was no official VFL night series held during the to seasons, however the National Football League the national governing body at the time held their own night series mid-week during the season known as the NFL Wills Cup.

Hawthorn won this championship in In , the VFL revived their own night series, held mid-week during the season and televised on Channel 7 to rival the NFL series shown on Channel The preseason competition was abandoned in , and replaced with AFL programmed practice matches. Hawthorn came runners-up in , ,, before breaking through to win their first Night Premiership in and again in Known as the Box Hill Hawks, the Club has made 10 finals appearances to date winning 2 Premierships.

Hawthorn made the finals on 11 occasions, but only won the premiership once, in In this era till , Hawthorn considered the under 17 competitions to be a major development area for future senior and reserve players. Premiers Hawthorn 6. Happy Valley 6. Premiers Hawthorn Premiers Hawthorn 8. Premiers Hawthorn 7. Premiers Hawthorn Juniors 5. Hawthorn Football Club was founded in The club first played in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association before joining the Victorian Football Association from The club was nicknamed the Mayblooms until The players are wearing black armbands tonight to honour Sidney Boxall, our longest serving member who sadly passed away this week.