fullname youthclubs years youthyears clubs caps birth_place goals position birth_date article_title name
ian leonard osborne birmingham city 1968 -- 1970 1976 -- 1977 -- -- 1968 -- 1970 birmingham city port vale hillingdon borough westfields 10 15 leicester , england 0 0 full back 28 october 1952 ian osborne
 ian osborne
ian osborne

ian leonard osborne -lrb- born 28 october 1952 -rrb- is an english former professional footballer who played in the football league for birmingham city and port vale .
osborne was born in leicester .
when he left school in 1968 , he joined birmingham city as an apprentice , and turned professional two years later .
a pacy full back , he spent a long time in the reserve team before eventually making his debut in the first division on 16 august 1975 , the opening game of the 1975 -- 76 season , in a 3 -- 3 draw at leicester city .
osborne played a few more games that season , deputising for ray martin who was nearing the end of his birmingham career , but his defending was not considered up to standard and he was allowed to leave .
he then spent a season with port vale where he played the opening six games of the season for the third division side .
after losing his place in september 1976 he did n't get another game until april the next year , though he did play nine of the last ten games .
he left on a free transfer in may 1977 , moving into non-league football with hillingdon borough and westfields .
