David Vance Osborn (born March 18, 1943) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for 12 seasons for the Minnesota Vikings and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL).
He played college football for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux, where is he the only player in program history to have his number retired.
He returned to play in each game of the 1969 season, while having 186 carries for 643 yards and seven touchdowns (a career-high).
[2] In the 1969 NFL Championship Game, Osborn had a 20-yard touchdown run in the third quarter that made it 24–0, with the final score being 27–7 over the Cleveland Browns.
[3] In Super Bowl IV, Osborn was the starting halfback in the game versus the Kansas City Chiefs.
In his team's playoff appearance that year, he had six carries of 13 yards in the 20–12 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.
In the team's playoff run that year, he played minimally, having 4 carries for 27 yards.
He did not have any carries in the Vikings' playoff run that year, but he had one kick return for no yards as his team lost 17–14 to the Cowboys.