Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in Nebraska
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.
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Politicians Who Were Involved in Professional Sports in Nebraska
as players, owners, commissioners, sports journalists, etc.
Thomas William Osborne (b. 1937) —
also known as Tom Osborne —
of LeMoyne, Keith
County, Neb.
Born in Hastings, Adams
County, Neb., February
23, 1937.
Republican. Played pro football as a receiver with the NFL
Washington Redskins, 1960-61; football
coach with the University of Nebraska, 1973-97, where he won 13
conference titles and three national championships, and was inducted
into the College Football Hall of
Fame; U.S.
Representative from Nebraska 3rd District, 2001-; candidate in
primary for Governor of
Nebraska, 2006.
Methodist.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Andrew Seaton (1909-1974) —
of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Hastings, Adams
County, Neb.
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
11, 1909.
Son of Fay Noble Seaton and Dorothea Elizabeth (Schmidt) Seaton.
Republican. Radio
announcer; sports reporter; editor, manager, and publisher
of newspapers;
vice-chair
of Kansas Republican Party, 1934-37; campaign secretary for Gov.
Alfred
M. Landon, 1936; member of Nebraska
unicameral legislature, 1945-49; U.S.
Senator from Nebraska, 1951-52; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61; candidate for Governor of
Nebraska, 1962.
Methodist
or Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Rotary; Navy
League; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Beta
Theta Pi; Pi
Kappa Delta.
Recipient, Medal
of Freedom.
Died in St. Mary's Hospital,
Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn., January
16, 1974 (age 64 years, 36
days).
Interment at Parkview
Cemetery, Hastings, Neb.
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