Graham Osborne | |
Birth Date: | 10 February 1963 |
Originalteam: | Preston |
Height: | 179 cm |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Statsend: | 1989 |
Years1: | 1984–1989 |
Club1: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals1: | 37 (8) |
Graham Osborne (born 10 February 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Osborne started his career at Preston in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) and was a member of the Preston team that defeated Geelong West in the 1983 VFA Grand Final.[2]
He had to wait until the 1984 VFL finals series to make his Fitzroy debut, which came against Collingwood in an elimination final.[3] This made him the first Fitzroy player, since Charlie Chapman in 1924, to make their league debut in a final.[4] Fitzroy lost the match by 46 points.[5]
From 1984 to 1989, Osborne made 37 appearances for Fitzroy.[3] He finished his career with a reserves premiership in 1989.[6]
His younger brother, Richard Osborne, played 187 games with Fitzroy and kicked 411 goals.[7]