Alan Osborne

Australian rules footballer

Alan Osborne
Personal information
Full name	Alan Leslie Osborne
Date of birth	(1940-12-07) 7 December 1940 (age 83)
Original team(s)	Dandenong
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1962–63	St Kilda	11 (2)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1963.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Alan Leslie Osborne (born 7 December 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1960s.^[1]

Osborne could play in a variety of positions, from forward, ruckman to back pocket. He spent just two seasons at St Kilda and made nine of his eleven appearances in the 1962 VFL season. A VFA representative in the 1966 Hobart Carnival, Osborne previously played for the league in 1961, 1964 and 1965. He was a premiership player at Dandenong in 1967 where he was charged, but exonerated, of kicking, in the Grand Final.

References

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 680. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

External links

Alan Osborne's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Alan Osborne's playing statistics from The VFA Project

Victorian (VFA) squad – 1966 Interstate Carnival

Western Australia 26.18 (174) defeated Victoria (VFA) 5.11 (41), at North Hobart Oval, 9 June 1966, crowd: 20,047
Tasmania 19.27 (141) defeated Victoria (VFA) 7.11 (53), at North Hobart Oval, 11 June 1966, crowd: 23,764
Victoria (VFL) 14.17 (101) defeated Victoria (VFA) 9.7 (61), at North Hobart Oval, 13 June 1966, crowd: 13,969
South Australia 21.20 (146) defeated Victoria (VFA) 9.11 (65), at North Hobart Oval, 16 June 1966, crowd: 10,199