fullname years clubs statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
rod c. oborne 1972-1979 1979-1981 '' ` total '' ' collingwood richmond 1981 rod oborne marist brothers college , bernie -lrb- tas -rrb- 6 september 1953 rod oborne
 183 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 76 & nbsp
rod oborne

rod c. oborne -lrb- born 6 september 1953 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who played with collingwood and richmond in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
oborne , a left footed half forward flanker , was recruited from marist fathers college , in burnie , tasmania .
making his senior debut in the 1972 vfl season , oborne kicked 39 goals in 1973 , the second most for his club behind peter mckenna , and was also the only collingwood player to appear in all 24 games .
he continued to be regularly selected in the team until 1975when injuries restricted him to just three games .
he spent the 1977 season in the west australian national football league -lrb- wanfl -rrb- , playing for claremont , having been involved in a trade which saw claremont star kevin worthington arrive at collingwood .
in 1978 oborne returned to collingwood and played in his third vfl preliminary final .
he again finished in the losing team and never got to appear in a grand final for collingwood .
during the 1979 vfl season , oborne transferred to richmond and kicked four goals in his first game for his new club , against melbourne at the melbourne cricket ground -lrb- mcg -rrb- .
he only played four more games for richmond , in three seasons and missed out on their 1980 premiership .
for the rest of the 1980s , oborne was a coach , starting at victorian football association -lrb- vfa -rrb- club williamstown in 1982 .
in 1984 he was appointed coach of ainslie in canberra 's actfl .
he steered them to the 1984 premiership .
he has a son , brad oborne , who also played for collingwood .
