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((Short description|Footballer (1896–1988)))
((EngvarB|date=August 2014))
((Use dmy dates|date=August 2014))
((more citations needed |date = January 2023))
((Infobox football biography
| name     = Frank Osborne
| image          =  
| fullname       = Frank Raymond Osborne
| birth_date    = ((birth date|df=y|1896|10|14))
| birth_place    = [[Wynberg, Cape Town|Wynberg]], [[Cape Colony]]
| death_date    = ((death date and age|df=y|1988|3|8|1896|10|14))
| death_place    = [[Epsom]], England
| height         = ((height|ft=5|in=11))
| position       = [[Centre-forward]]
| youthyears1    = 1911–1914
| youthclubs1    = Netley
| years1         = 1919–1921
| clubs1         = [[Bromley F.C.|Bromley]]
| caps1          = 
| goals1         = 
| years2         = 1921–1924
| clubs2         = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| caps2          = 67
| goals2         = 18
| years3         = 1924–1931
| clubs3         = [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]
| caps3          = 210
| goals3         = 78
| years4         = 1931–1933
| clubs4         = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]
| caps4          = 17
| goals4         = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1922–1926
| nationalteam1  = [[England national football team|England]]
| nationalcaps1  = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 3
| manageryears1  = 1948–1949
| managerclubs1  = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
| manageryears2  = 1953–1956
| managerclubs2  = [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]]
))
'''Frank Raymond Osborne''' (14 October 1896 – 8 March 1988) <ref name = FATS>((cite book| last1= Chalk|first1=Gary|last2=Holley|first2=Duncan|last3=Bull|first3=David|title=All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC| year=2013| location=Southampton| publisher= Hagiology Publishing|isbn=978-0-9926-8640-6|pages=144–145))</ref> was a professional [[association football|footballer]] who was one of the top forwards of the 1920s, playing for [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]]. Born in South Africa, he made four appearances for [[England national football team|England]]. He subsequently went on to manage [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] with whom he was associated for over 50 years.

==Playing career==
===Fulham===
Osborne was born in [[Wynberg, Cape Town|Wynberg]], Cape Colony, and moved to England in 1911, and played youth football at [[Netley]], near [[Southampton]]. He subsequently moved to London, joining [[Bromley F.C.|Bromley]] (then a Kent amateur side) after the end of [[World War I]], before he was signed by [[Phil Kelso]] for [[Football League Second Division]] side [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] in November 1921 (aged 25).

At Fulham, playing alongside [[Andy Ducat]] and [[Frank Penn (footballer)|Frank Penn]], he was top scorer in [[1922–23 in English football#Second Division|1922–23]] accounting for 10 of the team's 43 league goals, in what was generally a low-scoring season in Division Two. His goal-scoring exploits in a weak Fulham side brought him to the notice of the [[England national football team|England]] selectors who picked him for the matches against [[Northern Ireland national football team|Northern Ireland]] on 21 October 1922 (won 2–0) and [[France national football team|France]] on 10 May 1923 (won 4–1), although he failed to score in either match. He thus became the first Fulham player to be capped by England.

Financial pressures led to his transfer to [[Football League First Division]] side [[Tottenham Hotspur F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur]] for £1,500 in January 1924. Osborne spent two years at Fulham, making 70 appearances and scoring 18 goals.

===Tottenham Hotspur===
He made a slow start to his Tottenham career, scoring only once in his first season and a half, although he was again selected for England against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] on 8 December 1924 (won 4–0). In [[1925-26 in English football|1925–26]] however, playing alongside [[Jimmy Dimmock]] and [[Jack Elkes]], he struck a rich vein of form scoring three [[hat trick]]s in the space of two weeks in October/November 1925,<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.topspurs.com/thfc-hatrix.htm|title=THFC hat-tricks))</ref> finishing the season as the club's top scorer on 25 goals.

On 24 May 1926, he was again selected for the England match in [[Antwerp]] against [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]] where he finally brought his goal-scoring talents to the national stage, scoring a hat-trick as England came from 3–2 down to take the match 5–3.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.englandstats.com/matches.php?mid=150|title=Belgium 3 – England 5 match report))</ref>

In [[1927-28 in English football#First Division|1928]], despite Osborne's 18 goals, Spurs were relegated to the Second Division. In [[1928-29 in English football#Second Division|the first season]] in the lower division Spurs continued to struggle, finishing in mid-table with Osborne again top-scorer on 16. In June 1931, he was sold to fellow Second Division side [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] for a fee of £450, surprisingly large for a player now in his mid-30s. In his Spurs career he played a total of 220 matches, scoring 82 goals.

===Southampton===
He was unable to reproduce his goal-scoring form at [[The Dell (Southampton F.C.)|The Dell]], failing to score either in the league or cup. In May 1932, the club were suffering serious financial problems and Osborne was placed on the transfer list as manager [[George Kay (footballer)|George Kay]] attempted to trim the wages bill, as Osborne's "wages of £8 in the winter and £6 in the summer were considered to be too extravagant".<ref>((cite book |   author=Duncan Holley & Gary Chalk |   title=The Alphabet of the Saints|   publisher= ACL & Polar Publishing |   year=1992|pages=259–260|  isbn=0-9514862-3-3))</ref> At this stage Osborne contemplated retirement, but remained at The Dell for a further season before returning to London in 1933 to work as a sales representative for [[Fulham F.C.|Fulham]] chairman John Dean's company in [[Putney]]. In his brief Saints career he made twenty appearances, failing to score.

==Director and manager==
In March 1935, he was invited to join Fulham's board of directors, after special dispensation from [[the Football Association]], thus beginning an involvement with the club that would continue, in various roles, right up to his death over fifty years later.

When manager [[Jack Peart]] died in September 1948, the board offered the position to Frank Osborne, who reluctantly accepted. From 1948 until his retirement in November 1964 at the age of 68, Osborne had some managerial responsibility at the Cottage, either solely or with a team manager, whilst he became general manager or secretary manager.

His was a unique career, matched only in its longevity by his former playing colleague and subsequently trainer, [[Frank Penn (footballer)|Frank Penn]]. The two made their debuts within two years of each other (Penn was the earlier) and they retired within six months of each other (Penn was the later).

Although a player of some renown in his day, Osborne was not a track-suited manager. Intensely superstitious and fond of practising his golf swing in his Cottage office, he steered Fulham to the Second Division title in his first season, with the assistance of team manager [[Eddie Perry (footballer)|Eddie Perry]].

For the next four seasons, Osborne was the general manager and assumed responsibilities for the team again in 1953 for another couple of years until the next team manager was appointed. Whilst he was not necessary in charge of team affairs, Osborne was the key figure at [[Craven Cottage]] throughout the post-war period right up to his retirement.

Once he left, he never returned, and lived quietly at his [[Epsom]] home until his death at the age of 91 in March 1988.

==Personal life==
Frank had two brothers who also played in the Football League. [[Harold Osborne (footballer)|Harold]] made one appearance for [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] whilst [[Reg Osborne|Reg]] was a left-back with [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]], who made one [[England national football team|England]] appearance in 1927.

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[England national football team|England]]
|1922||1||0
|-
|1923||1||0
|-
|1924||1||0
|-
|1926||1||3
|-
! colspan="2" |Total||4||3
|}

((updated|match played 16 January 2023))
''Wales score listed first, score column indicates score after each Osborne goal''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Frank Osborne
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Cap
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
!scope="col" class="unsortable"|((abbr|Ref.|Reference))
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|1|| rowspan="3" |24 May 1926|| rowspan="3" |[[Olympisch Stadion (Antwerp)|Olympisch Stadion]], [[Antwerp]], Belgium|| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |4|| rowspan="3" |((fb|BEL))|| style="text-align: center;" |1–0|| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |5–3|| rowspan="3" |[[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]|| rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;" |<ref>((cite web |title=Belgium vs. England 3–5: Summary |url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5198 |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=EU Football |publisher=))</ref>
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|2
|style="text-align: center;"|3–3
|-
|style="text-align: center;"|3
|style="text-align: center;"|4–3
|-
|}

==Honours==
===As a manager===
'''Fulham'''
*[[Football League Second Division]]: [[1948–49 Football League#Second Division|1948–49]]

==References==
((reflist))

==External links==
* ((Englandstats))
* ((soccerbase (manager)|id=445|name=Frank Osborne (incomplete)))
* [http://www.fulhamfc.com/history/managers/frank-osborne Fulham F.C. profile]

((Fulham F.C. managers))

((DEFAULTSORT:Osborne, Frank))
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