| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1940 |
| President: | Dr. Jacob Jano |
| Coach: | Bert Mills |
| Captain: | Bert Mills |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Preseason Comp: | Patriotic Premiership |
| Preseason Result: | 1st Round |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 7–11 (9th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals Series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Andy Angwin |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Alby Naismith (25) |
| Highest Attendance: | 16,000 (Round 3 vs. |
| Lowest Attendance: | 5,500 (Round 18 vs. |
| Average Attendance: | 9.833 |
| Prevseason: | 1939 |
| Nextseason: | 1941 |
The 1940 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 16th season in the Victorian Football League and 39th overall.
See also: 1940 VFL Lightning Premiership. The VFL between Rounds 14 and 15 played a one-day lightning carnival, Known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to raise money for the Patriotic Fund. The matches played were twenty minutes long with no time-on.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) | 25.11 (161) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 72 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) | 12.25 (97) | 7.13 (55) | Lost by 42 points | Junction Oval (A) | 17,000 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | 15.12 (102) | 19.15 (129) | Lost by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | 22.13 (145) | 16.10 (106) | Lost by 39 points | Lake Oval (A) | 9,000 | 1–3 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | 12.18 (90) | 9.19 (73) | Lost by 17 points | Windy Hill (A) | 12,000 | 1–4 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm) | 12.15 (87) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 2–4 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm) | 17.11 (113) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 27 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 7,000 | 2–5 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 15 June (2:30 pm) | 8.17 (65) | 15.20 (110) | Lost by 45 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–6 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm) | 12.18 (90) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 44 points | Corio Oval (A) | 4,000 | 2–7 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 29 June (2:30 pm) | 13.11 (89) | 13.18 (96) | Won by 7 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,000 | 3–7 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm) | 10.17 (77) | 14.17 (101) | Lost by 24 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 3–8 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm) | 11.11 (77) | 9.16 (70) | Lost by 7 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 3,000 | 3–9 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm) | 17.17 (119) | 8.15 (63) | Won by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 4–9 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm) | 11.13 (79) | 12.15 (87) | Won by 8 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 9,000 | 5–9 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) | 10.19 (79) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 6–9 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | 11.8 (84) | 18.12 (120) | Lost by 36 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 6–10 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | 26.20 (176) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 114 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 8,722 | 6–11 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | 13.16 (94) | 5.8 (38) | Won by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,500 | 7–11 | ||
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