Charles Wayne Osborne Jr. (November 2, 1973 – October 16, 2012) was an
American football
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defensive tackle
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who played five seasons in the
National Football League
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(NFL) with the
St. Louis Rams
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and
Oakland Raiders
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. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the
1996 NFL Draft
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. The 1996 NFL combine scored "Chuck" the strongest at 33 reps (225 lb). He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at the
University of Arizona
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T ...
with the famed "Desert Swarm" defense and attended
Canyon High School in
Santa Clarita, California
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. Osborne was also a member of the
Amsterdam Admirals
The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional American football team based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, playing in the NFL Europe.
History
The Admirals were formed in 1995 as part of the NFL's plan to restart the World League of American Football, to ...
,
Green Bay Packers
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, and the
New England Patriots
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. He died at his home in
La Jolla, California
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on October 16, 2012. His cause of death was listed as "
CTE and obesity-related
hypertensive cardiomyopathy."
References
* https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?f=Chuck&l=Osborne&i=23358
* http://tucsoncitizen.com/wildcatreport/2012/10/17/chuck-osborne-unsung-hero-of-arizonas-desert-swarm-dies-at-38/
* https://www.facebook.com/charleswayneosborne/
* https://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/desert-swarm-mourns-tough-guy-osborne-101712
External links
Just Sports StatsChuck Osborneat
Find a Grave
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1973 births
2012 deaths
Players of American football from Los Angeles
American football defensive tackles
Arizona Wildcats football players
St. Louis Rams players
Amsterdam Admirals players
Oakland Raiders players
Deaths from hypertension
Georgia Force players
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)
Deaths from cardiomyopathy
American football players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Deaths from dementia in California
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