Percy Ernest Keith Osmond (26 January 1899 – 8 March 1969) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
| Keith Osmond | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Percy Ernest Keith Osmond | ||
| Date of birth | 26 January 1899 | ||
| Place of birth | Sale, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 8 March 1969 (aged 70) | ||
| Place of death |
Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Richmond United F.C. | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1921, 1923–24 | Richmond | 12 (0) | |
| 1926 | Collingwood | 4 (0) | |
| Total | 16 (0) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
editThe son of Ernest John Osmond (1869-1951),[2] and Catherine Osmond (1869-1938), née Goodie,[3] Percy Ernest Keith Osmond was born at Sale, Victoria on 26 January 1899.
He married Isabella Small Walker (1894-1981) in 1938.
Football
editRichmond (VFL)
editRecruited from the Richmond United Football Club in 1919. In his six seasons with the Richmond Football Club he played in 12 games with the First XVIII, and in 62 games with the Second XVIII (scoring 9 goals), including the 1923 Second XVIII Grand Final team that lost to Geelong 5.10 (40) to 9.12 (66), in which he was one of Richmond's best players.[4][5]
Hamilton Y.M.C.A.
editIn 1925 he was appointed coach of the Hamilton Y.M.C.A. Football Club in the Hamilton and District Football Association.[6][7]
Collingwod (VFL)
editIn May 1926 he was cleared to play with Collingwood.[8]
Death
editHe died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 8 March 1969.[9]
Notes
edit- ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.680.
- ^ Deaths: Osmond, The Age, (Saturday, 21 April 1951), p.2.
- ^ Deaths: Osmond, The Age, (Saturday, 8 October 1938), p.17.
- ^ Hogan (1996), pp.169, 311.
- ^ Second Eighteen wins Premiership: Richmond well beaten in Grand Final: Geelong plays with Seventeen Men, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 22 October 1923), p.7.
- ^ Hamilton Preparations, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 2 May 1925), p.83.
- ^ Hamilton Matches, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 25 July 1925), p.81.
- ^ Football: League Permits Granted, The Age, (Thursday, 27 May 1926), p.5.
- ^ Deaths: Osmond, The Age, (Monday, 10 March 1969), p.12.
References
edit- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
External links
edit- Keith Osmond's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Keith Osmond at AustralianFootball.com
- Keith Osmond's profile at Collingwood Forever.
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