Michael Osborne (footballer)

Michael Osborne (born 29 July 1982) is a former Australian rules football coach and player who most recently served as a development coach with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1] in 2014 and 2015 before opening The Australian Rules Football College (ARFC) with premiership teammate Brad Sewell. As a player, he played with the Hawthorn Football Club.

Michael Osborne
Personal information
Full name Michael Osborne
Date of birth (1982-07-29) 29 July 1982 (age 41)
Original team(s) Labrador (QAFL)
Draft No. 11, 2001 rookie draft
Debut Round 21, 2001, Hawthorn vs. Adelaide, at Football Park
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2001–2013 Hawthorn 168 (110)
International team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2008 Australia 2
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2013.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

In 2016, he was assistant coach at Balwyn in the EFL where the club won their 4th premiership in 5 years under the tenure of Daniel Donati.

Overview edit

Recruited from Labrador, Queensland, Osborne debuted for Hawthorn Football Club in 2001 after being elevated from the rookie list. He played in the Box Hill Hawks's 2001 premiership team that year.[2] While only playing three games in his first two seasons, since 2003 Osborne was a regular selection when not injured. A versatile player Osborne could play as a small defender, midfielder or forward. In 2005, he was awarded the club's 'defensive pursuits player of the year'. In 2008 Osborne played in 20 of the 22 home-and-away games, and was part of Hawthorn's premiership team and finished 5th in the Peter Crimmins Medal.

Osborne suffered a season-ending ACL injury in Round 7 of the 2012 season. He was delisted at the end of the 2012 season, but was redrafted with pick 70 in 2012 draft. Hawthorn recruitment manager Graeme Wright said: "It's great to have 'Ossie' back on the list officially. He was very gracious in helping us from a list management point of view. We were able to get Jonathan Simpkin onto the list as a delisted free agent by delisting 'Ossie'."[3]

He played 5 senior games in 2013, spending most of the season with Hawthorn's affiliate VFL side Box Hill.

Osborne announced his retirement at Hawthorn's 2013 Best and Fairest count.[4]

Immediately after his playing days were over, he joined Carlton as a development coach on 27 November 2013.[5]

In March 2016, Osborne, along with ex-teammate Brad Sewell, launched the Australian Rules Football College.[6] Based in North Melbourne, and based on a US college model, the Australian Rules Football College focuses on developing the football skills of their students, whilst also placing an emphasis on education, through offering certificates in health, personal training, massage, leadership, management and diplomas in business.[7]

Statistics edit

Legend
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Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
2001 Hawthorn 40 2 1 0 3 3 6 2 2 0.5 0.0 1.5 1.5 3.0 1.0 1.0 0
2002 Hawthorn 40 1 1 0 4 3 7 3 0 1.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 7.0 3.0 0.0 0
2003 Hawthorn 40 19 3 3 169 64 233 62 40 0.2 0.2 8.9 3.4 12.3 3.3 2.1 0
2004 Hawthorn 40 17 1 0 106 54 160 50 28 0.1 0.0 6.2 3.2 9.4 2.9 1.6 0
2005 Hawthorn 7 19 8 3 166 91 257 76 49 0.4 0.2 8.7 4.8 13.5 4.0 2.6 0
2006 Hawthorn 7 4 3 4 31 28 59 10 8 0.8 1.0 7.8 7.0 14.8 2.5 2.0 0
2007 Hawthorn 7 14 8 7 103 64 167 60 19 0.6 0.5 7.4 4.6 11.9 4.3 1.4 0
2008# Hawthorn 7 23 27 10 235 179 414 134 46 1.2 0.4 10.2 7.8 18.0 5.8 2.0 1
2009 Hawthorn 7 17 14 9 146 116 262 73 46 0.8 0.5 8.6 6.8 15.4 4.3 2.7 0
2010 Hawthorn 7 20 17 10 156 103 259 79 55 0.9 0.5 7.8 5.2 13.0 4.0 2.8 0
2011 Hawthorn 7 20 21 10 172 109 281 80 57 1.1 0.5 8.6 5.5 14.1 4.0 2.9 0
2012 Hawthorn 7 7 3 6 45 43 88 20 14 0.4 0.9 6.4 6.1 12.6 2.9 2.0 0
2013 Hawthorn 7 5 3 0 29 20 49 15 13 0.6 0.0 5.8 4.0 9.8 3.0 2.6 0
Career:[8] 168 110 62 1365 877 2242 664 377 0.7 0.4 8.1 5.2 13.3 4.0 2.2 1

Honors and achievements edit

Team

Individual

References edit

  1. ^ "2015 Coaching Panel". carltonfc.com.au. Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. ^ Martin Blake (28 March 2020). Mighty Fighting Hawks. Penguin Books. p. 75. ISBN 9781760142629.
  3. ^ Macgugan, Mark (23 November 2012). "Osborne back in the nest". hawthornfc.com.au. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Hawks farewell three retirees".
  5. ^ "Blues appoint new Development Coach".
  6. ^ King, Travis. "Ex-Hawks Sewell, Osborne launch new footy college". Australian Football League. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  7. ^ Green, Warwick (24 March 2016). "FORMER HAWKS ARE ALL ABOUT CLASS". AFL Players Association. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  8. ^ Michael Osborne's player profile at AFL Tables

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