Thomas W. Osborne

(1937- ) born in Hastings, lived in Lincoln. College football coach, politician, his teams won NCAA Division I national football championships at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1994, 1995, and 1997, his winning percentage of .836 is the best of Division I coaches with over 200 victories, his 25 consecutive trips to post-season bowl games are a Division I record, an advocate of parenting and moral values; U.S. Congressman for six years, inducted into Hall of Fame of Caring Americans in 2003. Consult Current Biography (1998) 437-441 and Tom Osborne, Faith In The Game (Broadway Books, 1999) and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives: Sports Figures, Vol 2 (2002) 207-209 and Omaha World Herald, October 9, 2004, p. B-6.

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