| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1936 |
| President: | Dr. Jacob Jona |
| Coach: | Ivan McAlpine |
| Captain: | Ivan McAlpine |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 6–12 (9th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals Series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Leo Murphy |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Norm Hillard (26) |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,000 (Round 3 vs. |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,000 (Round 6 vs., Round 11 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 10,333 |
| Prevseason: | 1935 |
| Nextseason: | 1937 |
The 1936 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 12th season in the Victorian Football League and 35th overall.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 2 May (2:45 pm) | 12.11 (83) | 15.14 (104) | Lost by 21 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 9 May (2:45 pm) | 8.20 (68) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 5 points | Western Oval (A) | 10,000 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) | 14.13 (97) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) | 16.20 (116) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 39 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 10,152 | 1–3 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) | 16.21 (117) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 45 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 9,000 | 1–4 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | 9.11 (65) | 18.20 (128) | Lost by 63 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 1–5 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 13 June (2:45 pm) | 12.19 (91) | 7.6 (48) | Won by 43 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 2–5 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) | 12.19 (91) | 8.18 (66) | Lost by 25 points | Windy Hill (A) | 11,000 | 2–6 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) | 11.9 (75) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 12 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 3–6 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 11 July (2:45 pm) | 16.9 (105) | 12.16 (88) | Lost by 17 points | Junction Oval (A) | 9,000 | 3–7 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) | 8.19 (67) | 7.11 (53) | Won by 14 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 4–7 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 25 July (2:45 pm) | 14.18 (102) | 6.12 (48) | Lost by 54 points | Victoria Park (A) | 7,000 | 4–8 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) | 13.13 (91) | 8.21 (69) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 5–8 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) | 11.17 (83) | 8.16 (64) | Lost by 19 points | Princes Park (A) | 9,000 | 5–9 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm) | 9.8 (62) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 50 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 5–10 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) | 15.12 (102) | 14.16 (100) | Won by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 6–10 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 29 August (2:45 pm) | 16.10 (106) | 15.11 (101) | Lost by 5 points | Lake Oval (A) | 12,000 | 6–11 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 5 September (2:45 pm) | 21.22 (148) | 9.15 (69) | Lost by 79 points | Corio Oval (A) | 6,000 | 6–12 | ||
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