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Tom Osborne
American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician (born 1937)
For other people named Thomas Osborne, see Thomas Osborne (disambiguation).
Tom Osborne | |
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| In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Bill Barrett |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Smith |
| Born | (1937-02-23) February 23, 1937 (age 87) Hastings, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Nancy Tederman (m. 1962) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Hastings College (BA) University of Nebraska-Lincoln (MA, PhD) |
| Coaching career | |
| 1955–1958 | Hastings |
| 1959 | San Francisco 49ers |
| 1960–1961 | Washington Redskins |
| Position(s) | Quarterback, wide receiver |
| 1964–1968 | Nebraska (assistant) |
| 1969–1972 | Nebraska (OC) |
| 1973–1997 | Nebraska |
| 1979–1998 | Nebraska (assistant AD) |
| 2007–2013 | Nebraska |
| Overall | 255–49–3 |
| Bowls | 12–13 |
3x National (1994, 1995, 1997)
Osborne, Thomas William ("Tom")(b. 23 February 1937 in Hastings, Nebraska), professional football player and head coach of the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1998, during which time his teams won three National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship titles. Osborne was the elder of two children born to Charles Osborne, a traveling car salesman and later owner of an irrigation business, and Erma Welsh Osborne, a teacher. During World War II, Charles Osborne served in the military and the family moved to St. Paul, Nebraska, where they lived with Erma Osborne's parents. After the war, the family returned to Hastings. In his junior high years Osborne enjoyed playing all sports. At Hastings High School he made his mark in football and basketball. Osborne was the starting quarterback in his junior and senior seasons and made the second-team All-State squad his senior year. In 1955, as a senior on the basketball squad, Osborne was selected to the All-State team. For his senior year athletic achievements he was named Nebraska's High
Tom Osborne, former ABC news reporter, dies in Tennessee Ridge at 74William Thomas (Tom) Osborne, a journalist, author, and former United Nations bureau chief for “ABC’s World News Tonight with Peter Jennings,” died Oct. 12, 2022, at his home in Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee. Osborne, born July 2, 1948, was a high school football athlete from Ohio and went on to become a student of theology at Augustana University where he received his BA degree. In 1975-78 he attained his Master’s of Divinity from Methesco Seminary (Methodist Theological School) in Columbus Ohio. In 1976-77 he also attended a fellowship program at Durham University in the UK. Upon returning to the U.S., Tom became a member of The Paulist Fathers of California. This is where ABC-TV Capital Cities first spotted Tom as an on-camera talent. He was already being recognized as a fresh star that represented the Catholic Church in their television broadcasts. Capital Cities convinced Tom to move to NYC and teamed him up with their senior anchorman Peter Jennings. Peter wanted Tom to report from within Copyright ©cakestot.pages.dev 2025 | |