| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1952 |
| President: | Dave Prentice |
| Coach: | Jack Hale |
| Captain: | Peter O'Donohue |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Preseason Comp: | Lightning Premiership |
| Preseason Result: | 1st Round |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 5–14 (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: | Jack MacDonald (25) |
| Highest Attendance: | 15,000 (Round 4 vs.) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 6,000 (Round 19 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 11,056 |
| Prevseason: | 1951 |
| Nextseason: | 1953 |
The 1952 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 28th season in the Victorian Football League and 51st overall.
See also: 1952 VFL Lightning Premiership. The lightning premiership was played between rounds 5 and 6.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 19 April (2:15 pm) | 2.8 (20) | 15.16 (106) | Lost by 86 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) | 12.10 (82) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 20 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 13,000 | 0–2 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) | 8.12 (60) | 10.14 (74) | Won by 14 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 13,529 | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 10 May (2:15 pm) | 11.3 (69) | 8.12 (60) | Won by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,000 | 2–2 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) | 6.6 (42) | 5.11 (41) | Lost by 1 point | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 9,500 | 2–3 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 31 May (2:15 pm) | 5.14 (44) | 15.8 (98) | Lost by 54 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 2–4 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 7 June (2:15 pm) | 12.8 (80) | 7.8 (50) | Lost by 30 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 11,000 | 2–5 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 14 June (2:15 pm) | 17.15 (117) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 37 points | Euroa Oval (A) | 7,500 | 2–6 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) | 5.11 (41) | 7.6 (48) | Won by 7 points | Junction Oval (A) | 7,500 | 3–6 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) | 6.8 (44) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 26 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,500 | 3–7 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 5 July (2:15 pm) | 5.11 (41) | 9.24 (78) | Lost by 37 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 3–8 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 12 July (2:15 pm) | 4.11 (35) | 9.4 (58) | Won by 23 points | Western Oval (A) | 12,218 | 4–8 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) | 12.15 (87) | 4.4 (28) | Lost by 59 points | Victoria Park (A) | 12,643 | 4–9 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 26 July (2:15 pm) | 8.14 (62) | 14.7 (91) | Lost by 29 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 4–10 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) | 9.3 (57) | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 4–11 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) | 6.14 (50) | 9.14 (68) | Won by 18 points | Lake Oval (A) | 12,000 | 5–11 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) | 7.6 (48) | 12.12 (84) | Lost by 36 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 5–12 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) | 20.12 (132) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 55 points | Windy Hill (A) | 12,000 | 5–13 | ||
| 19 | Saturday, 30 August (2:15 pm) | 8.11 (59) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 5–14 | ||
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