Bill Osborne (Australian footballer)

William Percy Osborne (4 November 1902 – 4 July 1984) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Bill Osborne
Personal information
Full name William Percy Osborne
Date of birth (1902-11-04)4 November 1902
Place of birth St Kilda, Victoria
Date of death 4 July 1984(1984-07-04) (aged 81)
Place of death Rye, Victoria
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1919, 1921 St Kilda 06 (0)
1924 Hawthorn (VFA) 02 (0)
1925–30 Prahran (VFA) 76 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Osborne later played for Hawthorn[2] and Prahran[3] in the Victorian Football Association (VFA).

He was also prominent as a sailor,[4] winning the Australian 14-foot championship on ten occasions.[5]

Notes
  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 680. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 24, 247. Victoria, Australia. 24 April 1924. p. 5.
  3. "FOOTBALL". The Argus. No. 24, 563. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1925. p. 15.
  4. "FAMED TWO WAYS—W. OSBORNE AS SKIPPER & DESIGNER". Sporting Globe. No. 769. Victoria, Australia. 7 December 1929. p. 6.
  5. "Skipper to miss titles". The Argus. No. 33, 159. Victoria, Australia. 11 December 1952. p. 13.


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