Their name refers to their home and training ground at Glenferrie Oval in Hawthorn, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne.
Traditionally one of the weaker Melbourne-based sides, their greatest era was undoubtedly the 1980s, where the team won three premierships. However, falling on-field and off-field fortune saw the club almost merge with Melbourne (to form a team unkindly dubbed "The Dawks"), which was aborted only when Members from the Hawthorn club voted against the merge.
Under new off-field leadership, their traditional fan base of the rather well-heeled residents of this leafy suburb has been expanded with a concerted push into the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, one of Melbourne's fastest growing areas - though this push was hindered with the closure of Waverley Park.
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