| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1937 |
| President: | Dr. Jacob Jona |
| Coach: | Ivan McAlpine |
| Captain: | Ivan McAlpine |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 7–11 (8th) |
| 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 (31) |
| Highest Attendance: | 18,000 (Round 8 vs.) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 5,000 (Round 12 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 9,556 |
| Prevseason: | 1936 |
| Nextseason: | 1938 |
The 1937 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 13th season in the Victorian Football League and 36th overall.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 24 April (2:45 pm) | 9.22 (76) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 2 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 11,000 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 1 May (2:45 pm) | 14.15 (99) | 15.22 (112) | Lost by 13 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 8 May (2:45 pm) | 15.15 (105) | 9.15 (69) | Lost by 36 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 9,000 | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 15 May (2:45 pm) | 11.15 (81) | 16.13 (109) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 1–3 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 22 May (2:45 pm) | 21.23 (149) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 96 points | Corio Oval (A) | 7,300 | 1–4 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 29 May (2:45 pm) | 15.11 (101) | 13.20 (98) | Lost by 3 points | Lake Oval (A) | 10,000 | 1–5 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 5 June (2:30 pm) | 9.6 (60) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–5 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm) | 12.10 (82) | 15.15 (105) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 2–6 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 19 June (2:30 pm) | 15.24 (114) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 55 points | Princes Park (A) | 11,000 | 2–7 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 26 June (2:30 pm) | 15.16 (106) | 14.15 (99) | Won by 7 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,500 | 3–7 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 3 July (2:30 pm) | 13.23 (101) | 6.13 (49) | Lost by 52 points | Victoria Park (A) | 5,800 | 3–8 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 10 July (2:30 pm) | 9.15 (69) | 6.15 (51) | Won by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 4–8 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 17 July (2:30 pm) | 11.15 (81) | 9.8 (62) | Lost by 19 points | Junction Oval (A) | 9,000 | 4–9 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 24 July (2:30 pm) | 10.11 (71) | 6.13 (49) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,500 | 5–9 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 31 July (2:30 pm) | 11.13 (79) | 13.14 (92) | Won by 13 points | Windy Hill (A) | 6,000 | 6–9 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 14 August (2:45 pm) | 13.13 (91) | 17.12 (114) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 6–10 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 21 August (2:45 pm) | 15.12 (102) | 10.15 (75) | Won by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 7–10 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 28 August (2:45 pm) | 14.13 (97) | 13.14 (92) | Lost by 5 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 18,000 | 7–11 | ||
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