Frank Osborne	Fulham FC, Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 appearances, 3 goals P 4 W 4 D 0 L 0 F 15: A 4 100% successful 1922-26 captain: none minutes played: 360
Timeline
	Sergeant Major Frank Raymond Osborne
Birth	14 October 1896 in Wynberg, Gauteng, South Africa [not registered in UK].
	Cannot be found on the 1901 census, presumed still in South Africa.
	According to the 1911 census, Frank Raymond is a boy in the Royal Army Medical Corps, boarding at McGregor Barracks, Stanhope Lines in Aldershot. His parents, John William and Emily Anne (née Cudlipp), are living at 'Waverley', in Netley Abbey in Hampshire. His father is part of the Royal Army Medical Corps. The census reveals that his parents had ten children, and two had died According to his army records, his attestation confirms he only joined on 6 March 1911. His address in 1920 was stated as being Matlock House, Wimpole Road in Colchester. He was demobilised on 1 September 1920.
	According to the 1921 census, Frank Raymond Osborne, working for Thomas Cook, is one of the many visitors to Eastlands, on Court Lane in Dulwich.
Marriage	to Kathleen Mary Daly, at Church of St France de Sales, High Road, Tottenham [registered in Edmonton, Middlesex, December 1924].
	According to the London Electoral Register, between 1928 and 1935, Frank and Kathleen were living at 13 Dryburgh Road in Wandsworth.
	According to the 1939 register, Frank R., a black-out blinds representative, and Kathleen M. are still married and living at 8 Fullbrooks Avenue at Maldon, with their son, Reginald.  According to passenger lists, Osborne was the General Manager over a group of Fulham FC footballers that left Liverpool, bound for Québec, on 15 May 1951, on board the Empress of Scotland, under the mastership of E.A. Shergold. And according to the British Phone Books, Frank R. was a resident in Epsom from at least 1949 until 1984, he was living at 61 Christchurch Mount, and he could be contacted on Epsom 3041, changing to 23041 from 1964.
Death	8 March 1988 in Epsom, aged 91 years 146 days [registered in Surrey Mid-eastern, March 1988]. Cremated at Randalls Crematorium, and laid to rest with his wife, who had died the previous year.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	During his final year in the army, whom he joined as a fourteen year old, Sergeant Major Osborne was playing for Bromley FC in 1919 in the Athenian League. He joined Fulham FC as a professional in November 1921. He made 67 league appearances, scoring eighteen goals. After becoming unsettled, Tottenham Hotspur FC signed Osborne on 4 January 1924 for £3500 transfer fee. He remained with Spurs, making 210 league appearances, scoring 78 goals, until he joined Southampton FC on 11 June 1931. He retired from playing in 1933 having played in just seventeen league appearances.
Club honours	None
Individual honours	FA Charity Shield winners-up with Professionals 1923;
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 6½", 8st. 2lbs [1911], 5' 11½", 10st. 7lbs [1925].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Management Career
Club(s)	Osborne returned to Fulham FC to take charge while the manager, Jimmy Hogan, recovered from serious illness, until he was sacked on 15 March 1935. He then became a director at the club on 25 March 1935, when the Football Association finally granted permission. He became the club's General Manager from 29 September 1948, retiring in October 1964.
Club honours	Football League Division Two winners 1948-49, runners-up 1958-59;
England Career
Player number	One of five who became the 433rd players (436) to appear for England.
Position(s)	Outside-right, Centre-forward
First match	No. 130, 21 October 1922, England 2 Ireland 0, a British Championship match at The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, aged 26 years 7 days.
Last match	No. 150, 24 May 1926, Belgium 3 England 5, an end-of-season friendly match at Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen, aged 29 years 222 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1922-23;
Team honours	None
Individual honours	England's Top Goalscorer 1925-26 (3), 1926 (3);
Distinctions	Brother of Reg Osborne. Despite being born in South Africa, as a British Subject, their father was born in Huntingdonshire, thus allowing him to play for England.
Beyond England
Joined the Royal Army Medical Corps on 6 March 1911, aged only 14 years and four months. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.187/188.

Frank Osborne - Career Statistics
Squads	Apps	comp. apps	Mins.		goals ave.min	comp. goals	Capt.	Disc.
6	4	1	360	3	120 min	0	none	none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.

Frank Osborne - Match History
Club: Fulham F.C. - 2 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 4 full capsx
Age 26
1	130	21 October 1922 - England 2 Ireland 0, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	BC	HW	Start	or
2	134	10 May 1923 - France 1 England 4, Stade Pershing, Paris	Fr	AW	Start	or
Club: Tottenham Hotspur F.C. - 2 full appearances
Age 28
3	143	8 December 1924 - England 4 Belgium 0, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich	Fr	HW	Start	or
Age 29
-	148	1 March 1926 - England 1 Wales 3, Selhurst Park, South Norwood	BC	HL	reserve
4	150	24 May 1926 - Belgium 3 England 5, Olympisch Stadion, Antwerpen	tour	AW	Start 15, 78, 86	cf
-	-	27 May 1926 - France vs. England, Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Paris - match postponed		App	squad member

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