Frank M. Osborne | |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1879 |
Birth Place: | Fletcher, North Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1898–1900 |
Player Team1: | North Carolina |
Player Years2: | 1902 |
Player Team2: | Sewanee |
Player Positions: | End, quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 1903 |
Coach Team1: | Sewanee (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1915 |
Coach Team2: | Sewanee (assistant) |
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Francis Moore "Farmer" Osborne (January 29, 1879 – November 16, 1956) was a college football player and coach as well as a reverend; once chaplain for .
He was a prominent end for coach William A. Reynolds's North Carolina Tar Heels football teams of the University of North Carolina from 1898 to 1900.[1]
Osborne was a member of the 1898 team, the school's only undefeated team[2] and the conference champion.
He was captain of the 1900 team.[2] Osborne was selected All-Southern.[3]
He was the quarterback for the Sewanee Tigers in 1902, selected All-Southern.[4] [5] He then helped coach the team and taught at Sewanee for many years.
He was rector of the Cavalry Episcopal church of Pittsburgh.[6]