Secrets of Hawthorn's Success

Robert Pascoe, a noted historian and author of The Winter Game, is President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria and Dean Laureate at Victoria University. In his talk Secrets of Hawthorn's Success, he examines how the Hawthorn Football Club rose to AFL prominence despite early disadvantages—small membership, limited talent pool, and lack of identity. He explores the club’s transformation from struggling beginnings in 1925 to dominance by the 1980s, including the influence of coach Kennedy’s legendary “Don’t Think, Do!” speech.

Click here to register