| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1951 |
| President: | Dave Prentice |
| Coach: | Bob McCaskill |
| Captain: | Kevin Curran |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Preseason Comp: | Lightning Premiership |
| Preseason Result: | 1st Round |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 4–14 (11th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals Series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | John Kennedy Sr. |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Pat Cash (26) |
| Highest Attendance: | 14,000 (Round 12 vs.) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 9,000 (Round 5 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 10,889 |
| Prevseason: | 1950 |
| Nextseason: | 1952 |
The 1951 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 27th season in the Victorian Football League and 50th overall.
See also: 1951 VFL Lightning Premiership. The lightning premiership was played between rounds 3 and 4.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 21 April (2:15 pm) | 13.9 (87) | 7.15 (57) | Lost by 30 points | Princes Park (A) | 13,000 | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm) | 9.7 (61) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 0–2 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 5 May (2:15 pm) | 12.15 (87) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 12 May (2:15 pm) | 17.18 (120) | 7.14 (56) | Lost by 64 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 15,000 | 1–3 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 19 May (2:15 pm) | 7.18 (60) | 14.14 (98) | Lost by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 1–4 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 2 June (2:15 pm) | 9.16 (70) | 7.17 (59) | Won by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–4 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 9 June (2:15 pm) | 20.13 (133) | 8.15 (63) | Lost by 70 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 20,000 | 2–5 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 16 June (2:15 pm) | 12.14 (86) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 33 points | Lake Oval (A) | 8,500 | 2–6 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 23 June (2:15 pm) | 8.9 (57) | 13.7 (85) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 2–7 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 7 July (2:15 pm) | 10.14 (74) | 11.9 (75) | Won by 1 point | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 8,500 | 3–7 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 14 July (2:15 pm) | 18.12 (120) | 13.8 (86) | Won by 34 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 4–7 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 21 July (2:15 pm) | 5.8 (38) | 7.13 (55) | Lost by 17 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 4–8 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 28 July (2:15 pm) | 16.18 (114) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 55 points | Windy Hill (A) | 13,000 | 4–9 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 4 August (2:15 pm) | 11.8 (74) | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 6 points | Junction Oval (A) | 6,000 | 4–10 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 11 August (2:15 pm) | 6.15 (51) | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 4–11 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 18 August (2:15 pm) | 10.11 (71) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 12 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 6,000 | 4–12 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 25 August (2:15 pm) | 11.14 (80) | 9.10 (64) | Lost by 16 points | Western Oval (A) | 14,000 | 4–13 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 1 September (2:15 pm) | 5.8 (38) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 4–14 | ||
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