Tom Osborne

Thomas William Osborne (born February 23, 1937) is a former American football player, coach, college athletics administrator, and politician. He was head football coach of the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1973 to 1997. He was honored into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Osborne was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska's third district as a Republican from 2001 until 2007.
Osborne played college football as a quarterback and wide receiver at Hastings College. He played for the NFL for a short time with the San Francisco 49ers and Washington Redskins from 1959 until 1961.