1925 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1925 season is the Hawthorn Football Club's first season in the Victorian Football League and 24th overall. The club was allowed entry to join the VFL crossing over from the Victorian Football Association. Alex Hall was the first coach for the VFL team while Jim Jackson was the first captain.

The club's first match in the Victorian Football League was against the at the Glenferrie Oval on the 2 May 1925. The club finished 3–14 in their first season which placed them 12th and last on the ladder, receiving the wooden spoon.

Hawthorn's best and fairest was awarded to Fred Finch while Les Woodford was the leading goalkicker with twenty goals for the season.

Season summary
Hawthorn began their 1925 season on the 2 May against at Glenferrie Oval as one of the three new teams competing (the others being  and . In the opening game, they scored the first VFL goal from Hec Yeomans as they would lose by 39 points. The following week they suffered a 54 point loss to . It would not be until Round 5, that Hawthorn would record their first victory in the VFL as Les Woodford scored three goals in a sixteen point victory over fellow newcomers  who was missing seven players from the previous week. The following week would see Hawthorn give up a seventeen point lead at the half time break to lose by four points at Arden Street Oval to North Melbourne.

That loss to North Melbourne, would see the start of a seven-game losing streak which included losses to the defending VFL champions (31 points),  (67 points) and  (84 points). The streak of losses would be broken on the 10 August with a three point win over at home in Round 13 with Bert Hyde getting three goals for Hawthorn in the victory. They evently finish with the wooden-spoon with a third win in the final match of the season against North Melbourne at home in what was their biggest win of the season (25 points).