GoS-DB Players

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Greens on Screen's first page was published in January 1999. Its early purpose was to bring Plymouth Argyle a little closer to those unable to see their team, and whilst it has changed a great deal over the years, its core themes - sights and sounds for Westcountry exiles - still stand. The site was very lucky to take on the content of Trevor Scallan's Semper Viridis in the summer of 2007, and in 2009 launched GoS-DB, a wealth of facts and figures from PAFC's history. A year later, we embarked on a complete history of Argyle, with much-valued contributions from chapter authors. Greens on Screen was taken over by its new custodians, The Argyle Archive, in 2024.

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April 2024

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HARRY OSMAN

Born: 29 January 1911

Came from: Poole Town Went to: Southampton

First game: 18 April 1936 Last game: 26 December 1936

Appearances: 5 (5/0) Goals: 0

Born in Bentworth, near Alton in Hampshire, Osman started his career as a youth with Okeford United before joining Western League Poole Town. Whilst playing in Dorset he caught the eye of several clubs but it was Argyle that took the plunge and the outside-left made his debut near the end of the 1935-36 season. Making just five first team appearances, he then returned closer to home and joined Southampton in 1937.

Being back in his native Hampshire certainly helped; he played 71 times and scored 31 goals, including 22 in one season to finish top-scorer. Moving to Millwall in March 1939 his career was interrupted by the Second World War, but he did return to The Dell as a guest player before eventually joining the Tank Corps, where he was wounded whilst serving in Italy.

When recovered, and on cessation of hostilities, he returned to Millwall and in total made 36 appearances for The Lions. In October 1947 he transferred to his last League club, Bristol City, for whom he played 18 times. He then moved out of the League to play for several ambitious non-league clubs including Dartford, Canterbury City and Winchester City. He was appointed player-manager of Canterbury City for the 1951-52 season before returning to Hampshire again to manage Winchester City for four years between 1953-57. On retiring from football he emigrated to the USA, where he remained for the rest of his life.

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APPEARANCE DETAILS [reselect competitions]

The details below reflect appearances in all first-team competitions.

I'm very grateful to many who have helped write GoS-DB's player pen-pictures, and to Dave Rowntree, the PAFC Media Team and Colin Parsons for their help with photos. Thanks also to staff at the National Football Museum, the Scottish Football Museum and ScotlandsPeople for their valuable assistance.

The following publications have been particularly valuable in the research of pen-pictures: Plymouth Argyle, A Complete Record 1903-1989 (Brian Knight, ISBN 0-907969-40-2); Plymouth Argyle, 101 Golden Greats (Andy Riddle, ISBN 1-874287-47-3); Football League Players' Records 1888-1939 (Michael Joyce, ISBN 1-899468-67-6); Football League Players' Records 1946-1988 (Barry Hugman, ISBN 1-85443-020-3) and Plymouth Argyle Football Club Handbooks.