Keith Osmond
Personal information
Full name Percy Ernest Keith Osmond
Date of birth (1899-01-26)26 January 1899
Place of birth Sale, Victoria
Date of death 8 March 1969(1969-03-08) (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 04 (0)
Total 16 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1926.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Family

The 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

Richmond (VFL)

Recruited 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.

In 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)

In May 1926 he was cleared to play with Collingwood.[8]

Death

He died at the Austin Hospital, in Heidelberg, Victoria on 8 March 1969.[9]

Notes

References

  • 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.
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