1980 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1980 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 56th season in the Victorian Football League and 79th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1980 season
President	Ron Cook
Coach	David Parkin
Captain(s)	Don Scott
Home ground	Princes Park
VFL season	10–12 (8th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker	Michael Moncrieff (86)
Highest home attendance	34,224 (Round 15 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance	8,209 (Round 14 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance	18,479
← 1979 1981 →

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 29 March (2:10 pm)	Richmond	15.16 (106)	16.15 (111)	Lost by 5 points	Princes Park (H)	20,775	0–1
2	Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	11.17 (83)	15.26 (116)	Won by 33 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	22,265	1–1
3	Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	19.16 (130)	16.23 (119)	Won by 11 points	Princes Park (H)	28,232	2–1
4	Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	12.10 (82)	11.19 (85)	Won by 3 points	VFL Park (A)	26,104	3–1
5	Friday, 25 April (2:10 pm)	Geelong	14.10 (94)	13.11 (89)	Lost by 5 points	Kardinia Park (A)	34,498	3–2
6	Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm)	Footscray	19.16 (130)	18.5 (113)	Won by 17 points	Princes Park (H)	11,758	4–2
7	Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	14.27 (111)	16.17 (113)	Won by 2 points	Princes Park (A)	28,788	5–2
8	Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	17.16 (118)	15.18 (108)	Won by 10 points	Princes Park (H)	10,501	6–2
9	Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	14.9 (93)	13.10 (88)	Lost by 5 points	VFL Park (A)	34,384	6–3
10	Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm)	South Melbourne	28.15 (183)	14.15 (99)	Lost by 84 points	Lake Oval (A)	17,420	6–4
11	Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm)	Essendon	9.17 (71)	13.11 (89)	Lost by 18 points	Princes Park (H)	21,221	6–5
12	Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm)	Richmond	16.12 (108)	11.22 (88)	Lost by 20 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	57,572	6–6
13	Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	21.17 (143)	16.13 (109)	Won by 34 points	Princes Park (H)	11,686	7–6
14	Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	21.17 (143)	8.7 (55)	Won by 88 points	Princes Park (H)	8,209	8–6
15	Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	4.13 (37)	17.15 (117)	Lost by 80 points	VFL Park (H)	34,224	8–7
16	Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	22.17 (149)	19.8 (122)	Lost by 27 points	Victoria Park (A)	25,090	8–8
17	Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm)	Footscray	25.10 (160)	15.17 (107)	Lost by 53 points	Western Oval (A)	12,362	8–9
18	Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton	9.15 (69)	16.17 (113)	Lost by 44 points	Princes Park (H)	15,046	8–10
19	Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	9.10 (64)	19.27 (141)	Won by 77 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	15,457	9–10
20	Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	11.13 (79)	20.15 (135)	Lost by 56 points	VFL Park (H)	21,739	9–11
21	Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm)	South Melbourne	16.17 (113)	12.11 (83)	Won by 30 points	VFL Park (H)	19,882	10–11
22	Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm)	Essendon	15.12 (102)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 40 points	Windy Hill (A)	17,744	10–12

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Geelong	22	17	5	0	2362	1888	125.1	68
2	Carlton	22	17	5	0	2576	2128	121.1	68
3	Richmond (P)	22	16	5	1	2754	1990	138.4	66
4	North Melbourne	22	14	7	1	2345	1894	123.8	58
5	Collingwood	22	14	7	1	2491	2178	114.4	58
6	South Melbourne	22	13	9	0	2211	2174	101.7	52
7	Essendon	22	10	12	0	2268	2151	105.4	40
8	Hawthorn	22	10	12	0	2249	2381	94.5	40
9	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	2140	2709	79.0	20
10	Footscray	22	5	17	0	2056	2737	75.1	20
11	St Kilda	22	4	16	2	1872	2704	69.2	20
12	Fitzroy	22	4	17	1	2398	2788	86.0	18

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 105.0
Source: AFL Tables