[2] He was a premiership player with Prahran in 1937, and kicked six goals in that season's Grand Final.

[3] In 1939, Hawkins kicked a new Association record of 164 goals and was the VFA leading goalkicker for the only time in his career; his record surpassed Western Australian George Doig's national senior record of 152 goals, although Hawkins' claim to the record was disputed because the VFA, having introduced the throw-pass rule in 1938, was no longer considered to be playing the national code.

[4] Hawkins retired during the 1940 season due to ongoing difficulties with an ankle injury; at this stage, he had a career total of 596 goals.

[5] But, he returned to play in September that same year,[6] and was still with the club in 1946, leading the club as captain its Association rules exhibition match in Broken Hill following that season.

[7] After he retired altogether, he had played a total of 151 games and kicked 657 goals for Prahran.