| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1943 |
| President: | Dr. Jacob Jona |
| Coach: | Roy Cazaly |
| Captain: | Bob Williams |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Preseason Comp: | Lightning Premiership |
| Preseason Result: | Semifinals |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 9–6 (5th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals Series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Jim Bohan |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Wally Culpitt (43) |
| Highest Attendance: | 16,000 (Round 9 vs. |
| Lowest Attendance: | 7,000 (Round 2 vs. |
| Average Attendance: | 10,714 |
| Prevseason: | 1942 |
| Nextseason: | 1944 |
The 1943 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 19th season in the Victorian Football League and 42nd overall.
See also: 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership. The lightning premiership was played between rounds 11 and 12.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 8 May (2:45 pm) | 14.9 (93) | 13.17 (95) | Won by 2 points | Toorak Park (A) | 6,000 | 1–0 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 15 May (2:45 pm) | 7.8 (50) | 11.15 (81) | Lost by 31 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,000 | 1–1 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 22 May (2:45 pm) | 10.12 (72) | 17.15 (117) | Won by 45 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 5,000 | 2–1 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 29 May (2:45 pm) | 13.8 (86) | 9.21 (75) | Won by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 3–1 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 5 June (2:30 pm) | 10.15 (75) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 10 points | Princes Park (A) | 14,000 | 4–1 | ||
| 6 | Bye | ||||||||
| 7 | Saturday, 19 June (2:30 pm) | 20.16 (136) | 13.17 (95) | Won by 41 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 5–1 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 26 June (2:30 pm) | 15.16 (106) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 44 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 16,000 | 5–2 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 3 July (2:30 pm) | 13.11 (89) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 6–2 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 10 July (2:30 pm) | 16.9 (105) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 25 points | Princes Park (A) | 12,000 | 6–3 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 17 July (2:30 pm) | 16.14 (110) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 7–3 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 31 July (2:30 pm) | 7.13 (55) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 7–4 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 7 August (2:45 pm) | 13.19 (97) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 22 points | Princes Park (A) | 15,000 | 7–5 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 14 August (2:45 pm) | 9.14 (68) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 5 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 15,000 | 8–5 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 21 August (2:45 pm) | 13.10 (88) | 7.14 (56) | Won by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,000 | 9–5 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 28 August (2:45 pm) | 8.11 (59) | 7.16 (58) | Lost by 1 point | Arden Street Oval (A) | 4,500 | 9–6 | ||
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