1980 Hawthorn Football Club season

56th season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1980 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

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

## Fixture

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### Premiership season

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Rd  | Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance  | Record

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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
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## Ladder

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(P) | Premiers

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#  | Team  | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | %  | Pts

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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

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1980 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.

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