After High School
After high school, Osborn attended the University of Illinois, from 1919 through 1922, majoring in agriculture. While at Illinois, he was a founding member of the Eta Chapter of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity. He then accepted a high school teaching job at Lewiston, Illinois, where, sponsored by the Illinois Athletic Club of Chicago, he continued to train and to compete in track and field events in preparation for the upcoming 1924 Olympic games. Osborn left Lewiston after a couple of years to take a job at Champaign High School, where he would be closer to the University as he continued his training.
Osborn did not, however, forget one of the students he met at Lewistown. He stayed in touch with Margaret Bordner, a striking brunette, and after the 1924 Olympic games, Osborn began a serious long-distance courtship of Margaret by mail while he was competing in Europe. Osborn prevailed in love as well as in track and married Margaret in 1928.
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