years clubs position statsend name originalteam birth_date article_title heightweight
1982 1998 '' ` total -- '' ' -- 1992 1993 1994 -- 1996 1997 -- fitzroy sydney footscray collingwood forward 1998 richard osborne bulleen-templestowe 16 june 1964 richard osborne
 182 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 86 & nbsp
richard osborne

richard osborne -lrb- born 16 june 1964 -rrb- is a former australian rules footballer who enjoyed a lengthy career in the vfl/afl .
he played a total of 283 games in 17 seasons , and played with four different clubs , as well as representing victoria 7 times in interstate competition .
originally from bulleen/templestowe , he arrived at fitzroy and made his senior debut in 1982 as a 17-year-old .
beginning in the forward line as an understudy to bernie quinlan , he would go on to become fitzroy 's leading goalkicker five times , including four consecutive seasons between 1986 and 1989 , with feats of 60 goals on each occasion .
he was made captain in 1991 for one season .
at the end of the 1992 season , after 187 games and 411 goals with the lions , osborne indicated to fitzroy that he wanted to leave , with a move to essendon the most likely result .
fitzroy delisted him however , and in the pre-season draft he went on to become the no. 1 pick , and began a short-lived 16 game career at sydney .
he suffered a severe head injury , being taken off the ground in an ambulance , but surprisingly returned to the field just three weeks later .
in round 13 , osborne kicked ten goals in the club 's only win for the entire year , against .
after just one season at the swans , he moved to footscray in 1994 .
in march 1994 , during the pre-season , the western bulldogs released osborne to let him participate in a nfl trial in the united states , however osborne 's trial was unsuccessful and he returned to australia .
he played 51 games there , including winning the club leading goalkicker award in 1995 .
at the end of 1996 , osborne changed clubs yet again , this time to collingwood , where he stayed from 1997 until 1998 .
he managed 29 games in the two seasons at his final club , playing in a different role , half-back , where for most of his career he had predominantly been a forward .
in 1997 , he was a boundary rider for the seven network during the finals series , and continued that role until seven lost the rights to afl coverage in 2001 .
in 1998 , osborne released his autobiography , `` ossie rules '' , co-written with michael hyde .
on 6 november 2009 , it was announced he would coach the monash gryphons in division 4 of the victorian amateur football association -lrb- vafa -rrb- in 2010 .
he coached the side to a near perfect 15-1 season and the club 's first ever premiership and promotion to division 3 .
