The Hawthorn Football Club are a professional Australian rules football team based in Mulgrave, Victoria, playing in the Australian Football League.The team began as the Mayblooms before changing their nickname to the Hawks in 1942. One of Hawthorn's greats says there are question marks over the club's golden era of the late 1980s and early 1990s, with allegations the club was cheating the salary cap. Telstra TV Box Office The Hawks have tasted success in 1961, 1971, 1976, 1978, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Central to successfully achieving its commercial objectives, the Hawks have identified the importance of solidifying its status as a major MCG tenant as crucial to growing its membership and crowd support.In 2009 Hawthorn launched a community-based program called "HANZ-UP! Facebook In 1959 Hawthorn Reserves went back to back winning their second premiership after defeating Fitzroy by 31 points. The Heavy Metal Law!! The Hawks traded in In 2012, Hawthorn finished on top of the home and away season ladder with a record of 17–5, finishing as minor premiers for the first time since In 2013, Hawthorn again finished as minor premiers after a home and away season record of 19–3. View the complete chronological list of premiership winners from 1897 to present. Until then, before and through the match, I had been absorbed with the conviction that we were fighting for something that was our right, to be up there with the best of them.After three seasons in mid-ladder Hawthorn appointed However, Hawthorn fell back in 1962, winning only five games and finishing in ninth position on the ladder as the club's modest support base and lack of wealthy supporters limited its ability to compete for the growing number of country recruits joining the VFL.Hawthorn started the 1970s missing the finals even though In 1971 the Hawks finished on top of the ladder, the first time since 1963, After the disappointment of losing to North Melbourne in the 1977 Preliminary Final, the Hawks were back to play in the Their greatest era was arguably the 1980s, when the team won four premierships and played in the grand final seven years in succession, including three in a row against arch-enemy 1982 would mark the start of Hawthorn being in the finals for 13 years in a row. (West Hawthorn Reserve) was abandoned after the first season due to conditions imposed by the Hawthorn Cricket Club and they played at John Wren's Richmond Racecourse in 1903 (which was off Bridge Road between Stawell Street and Westbank Terrace—where Tudor Street with 5 no through streets are now located) and moved to the Richmond Cricket Ground in 1904. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube. In January 2006, in the club's centennial year at Glenferrie Oval, the club's administration, museum and player base relocated to Waverley Park. Glenferrie Oval is universally known for its famous art-deco Grandstand, built in 1937 and later named the The club ceased playing VFL matches at the ground in 1973 to cater for the club's growing crowds and demands of VFL football. The club's official colours are brown and gold. Total attendance includes finals matches. I'm giving you a warning, but you're doing it'. The club was also suffering from the absence of Ben Stratton, Grant Birchall, Cyril Rioli and James Frawley, who all played minimal football in the year. Collingwood lifted after the break keeping the Hawks to a goal in the third and only a point in the final quarter. In 2008 the Hawthorn Football Club drew 1,164,396 to all 25 completed games, a club record and seventh-largest aggregate attendance for any club, of all time. Saturday at 4:14 PM; Rhayader; Hawk-Eye. Threads 0 Posts 0. Live out all the memories of our 13 premierships in these individual DVD's by year. The Kennon-Owen Stand was located where the Victorian Weightlifting Building is now situated. "Totally untrue, quite out of order," Coote said at the time.Scott revealed that the AFL salary cap auditor had warned Hawthorn at the time about their conduct.