Frank Osmond

{{Short description|GB & Wales international rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}

{{Infobox rugby league biography

|first = RU

|name = Frank Osmond

|fullname = Frank Francis Osmond

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1920|1|31|}}

|birth_place = Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

|death_date = January 1973 (aged 52–53)

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|ru_position = Hooker

|position = {{rlp|HK}}

|ru_club1 = Newport RFC

|ru_year1start = 1939

|ru_year1end = 47

|ru_appearances1 = 32

|ru_tries1 = 3

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|club1 = Swinton

|year1start = 1947

|year1end = ≥51

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|teamA = Great Britain

|yearAstart = 1948

|yearAend = 51

|appearancesA = 0

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|teamB = Wales

|yearBstart = 1950

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|appearancesB = 14

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|new = yes

|retired = yes

|updated = 15 June 2012

|source = {{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/f-osmond/summary.html|title=Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|date=31 December 2017|accessdate=1 January 2018}}

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Frank Francis Osmond (31 January 1920 {{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=kmQp4X%2FoZ9QO1lVtuAi%2FGQ&scan=1|title=Birth details at freebmd.org.uk|publisher=freebmd.org.uk|date=31 December 2011|accessdate=1 January 2012}} – January 1973{{cite web|last1=Osmond|first1=Frank|title=All England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?MS_AdvCB=1&db=ONSDeath93&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=2&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&gss=ms_r_db&gsfn=frank&gsfn_x=XO&gsln=osmond&gsln_x=XO&msbdy=1920&msbdy_x=1&msbdm_x=1&msbdd_x=1&msddy=1973&msddy_x=1&msddm_x=1&dbOnly=_F00056EC%7C_F00056EC_x&dbOnly=_F0005906%7C_F0005906_x&uidh=924&msbdd=31&msbdm=1&msddm=1|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=28 August 2014}}) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Newport RFC, as a hooker, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain (non-Test matches), and Wales, and at club level for Swinton, as a {{rlp|hk}}.{{cite book| first1= Graham| last1= Williams| first2= Peter| last2= Lush| first3= David| last3= Farrar| title= The British Rugby League Records Book| publisher= London League| isbn= 978-1-903659-49-6| year= 2009| pages= 108–114}}