| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1973 |
| President: | Phil J. Ryan |
| Coach: | John Kennedy, Sr. Roy Simmonds (acting) |
| Captain: | David Parkin |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL season |
| Regularseason Result: | 11–11 (7th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Don Scott |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Leigh Matthews (51) |
| Highest Attendance: | 32,101 (Round 3 vs.) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 9,932 (Round 22 vs.) |
| Average Attendance: | 16,308 |
| Prevseason: | 1972 |
| Nextseason: | 1974 |
The 1973 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 49th season in the Victorian Football League and 72nd overall.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm) | 14.14 (98) | 9.16 (70) | Lost by 28 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 15,934 | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm) | 14.14 (98) | 13.22 (100) | Lost by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,336 | 0–2 | ||
| 3 | Monday, 23 April (2:10 pm) | 27.8 (170) | 15.12 (102) | Won by 68 points | VFL Park (H) | 32,101 | 1–2 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm) | 14.11 (95) | 12.11 (83) | Lost by 12 points | Princes Park Football Ground (A) | 28,872 | 1–3 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm) | 18.16 (124) | 16.12 (108) | Won by 16 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,492 | 2–3 | ||
| 6 | Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm) | 15.17 (107) | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 22 points | Junction Oval (A) | 10,706 | 2–4 | ||
| 7 | Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm) | 19.15 (129) | 9.14 (68) | Won by 61 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,701 | 3–4 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm) | 10.22 (82) | 16.23 (119) | Won by 37 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 32,613 | 4–4 | ||
| 9 | Monday, 4 June (2:10 pm) | 11.12 (78) | 8.16 (64) | Lost by 14 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 22,521 | 4–5 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm) | 14.11 (95) | 15.18 (108) | Lost by 13 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,053 | 4–6 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm) | 11.10 (76) | 17.17 (119) | Won by 43 points | VFL Park (A) | 9,413 | 5–6 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm) | 12.13 (85) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 15 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,470 | 6–6 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm) | 15.15 (105) | 15.22 (112) | Won by 7 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 25,787 | 7–6 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm) | 14.24 (108) | 12.14 (86) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,406 | 8–6 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm) | 23.13 (151) | 18.8 (116) | Lost by 35 points | Windy Hill (A) | 22,437 | 8–7 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm) | 6.9 (45) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 20 points | Western Oval (A) | 10,987 | 9–7 | ||
| 17 | Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm) | 15.10 (100) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 37 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,477 | 10–7 | ||
| 18 | Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm) | 14.11 (95) | 14.10 (94) | Lost by 1 point | Kardinia Park (A) | 13,546 | 10–8 | ||
| 19 | Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm) | 11.11 (77) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 5 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,376 | 10–9 | ||
| 20 | Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm) | 11.11 (77) | 15.8 (98) | Lost by 21 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 17,042 | 10–10 | ||
| 21 | Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm) | 16.10 (106) | 13.10 (88) | Lost by 18 points | VFL Park (A) | 48,312 | 10–11 | ||
| 22 | Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm) | 16.20 (116) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 37 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,932 | 11–11 | ||
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