title: 1960 Hawthorn Football Club season
text: # 1960 Hawthorn Football Club season
  
  The 1960 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 36th season in the Victorian Football League and 59th overall.
  
  ## Fixture
  
  ### Night Series
  
  | Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
  | 1 | Thursday, 1 September | North Melbourne | 17.21 (123) | 9.7 (61) | Won by 62 points | Lake Oval | 9,800 |
  | Semi-final | Thursday, 15 September | Geelong | 14.20 (104) | 6.8 (44) | Won by 60 points | Lake Oval | 14,500 |
  | Final | Tuesday, 27 September | South Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 13 points | Lake Oval | 20,000 |
  
  ### Premiership Season
  
  | Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
  | 1 | Saturday, 16 April (2:20 pm) | Essendon | 12.21 (93) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 27 points | Windy Hill (A) | 23,000 | 0–1 |
  | 2 | Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 6.16 (52) | 7.13 (55) | Lost by 3 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 30,000 | 0–2 |
  | 3 | Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 6.9 (45) | 6.17 (53) | Lost by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 0–3 |
  | 4 | Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 5.18 (48) | 5.7 (37) | Lost by 11 points | Princes Park (A) | 11,066 | 0–4 |
  | 5 | Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 5.7 (37) | 7.15 (57) | Lost by 20 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,500 | 0–5 |
  | 6 | Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 7.6 (48) | 9.8 (62) | Won by 14 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 8,600 | 1–5 |
  | 7 | Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 14.15 (99) | 14.13 (97) | Won by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,500 | 2–5 |
  | 8 | Saturday, 11 June (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 13.18 (96) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 15 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 3–5 |
  | 9 | Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm) | St Kilda | 7.13 (55) | 8.19 (67) | Won by 12 points | Junction Oval (A) | 23,900 | 4–5 |
  | 10 | Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm) | South Melbourne | 11.7 (73) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 11 points | Lake Oval (A) | 22,300 | 5–5 |
  | 11 | Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 10.9 (69) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 17 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 5–6 |
  | 12 | Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm) | Essendon | 10.13 (73) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 34 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 23,500 | 5–7 |
  | 13 | Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 7.15 (57) | 7.16 (58) | Won by 1 point | Victoria Park (A) | 18,637 | 6–7 |
  | 14 | Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 5.9 (39) | 9.21 (75) | Won by 36 points | Western Oval (A) | 16,794 | 7–7 |
  | 15 | Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 13.10 (88) | 9.7 (61) | Won by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 8–7 |
  | 16 | Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | 11.10 (76) | Won by 9 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 24,646 | 9–7 |
  | 17 | Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.17 (71) | 8.4 (52) | Won by 19 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,000 | 10–7 |
  | 18 | Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 9.9 (63) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 33 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 14,587 | 11–7 |
  
  ## Ladder
  
  | (P) | Premiers |
  | - | - |
  | | Qualified for finals |
  | # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
  | 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1455 | 1017 | 143.1 | 56 |
  | 2 | Fitzroy | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1332 | 1184 | 112.5 | 56 |
  | 3 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1506 | 1204 | 125.1 | 52 |
  | 4 | Collingwood | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1314 | 1150 | 114.3 | 44 |
  | 5 | Hawthorn | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1251 | 1192 | 104.9 | 44 |
  | 6 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1159 | 1140 | 101.7 | 36 |
  | 7 | Carlton | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1300 | 1313 | 99.0 | 34 |
  | 8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1304 | 1413 | 92.3 | 28 |
  | 9 | Geelong | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1311 | 1373 | 95.5 | 26 |
  | 10 | Footscray | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1065 | 1178 | 90.4 | 24 |
  | 11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1183 | 1474 | 80.3 | 20 |
  | 12 | Richmond | 18 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 1086 | 1628 | 66.7 | 12 |
  
  Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 70.7 Source: AFL Tables
  
  