Garfield Owen

Garfield Owen
Birth name Garfield David Owen
Date of birth (1932-03-20) 20 March 1932
Place of birth Llanharan, Glamorgan, Wales
School Cowbridge Grammar School
Rugby league career
Position(s) Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1956–61
1961–65		 Halifax
Keighley		 166
127		 (1082)
(705)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958
1959		 Rugby League XIII
Wales[1]		 1
1		 (10)
(2)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
?
?
?
1954–1957
1955-1956		 Llanharan RFC
Maesteg RFC
Wrexham RFC
Newport RFC
Barbarian F.C.		 ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955–56 Wales[2][3] 6 (26)

Garfield David Owen (born 20 March 1932) is a Welsh teacher,[4] and dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He first played amateur rugby for Llanharan RFC, Maesteg RFC, Wrexham RFC, and Newport RFC at club level before winning six caps for Wales. He also played rugby union for the invitational side, Barbarian F.C..[2][3] He later switched to the professional code in 1956 joining Halifax where at international level he also played for the Rugby League XIII, and the Wales rugby league side at his favoured position of fullback, i.e. number 1.[1][5]

Despite playing for Wales against France in 1959 under the league code, the match was not recognised as a full international match and no caps were awarded.

International honours

Garfield Owen represented Rugby League XIII while at Halifax in 1958, and represented Wales while at Halifax in 1959.[1]

Honoured at Halifax

Garfield Owen is a Halifax Hall Of Fame Inductee.[6]

Career records

Garfield Owen is one of less than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000-points in their rugby league career.[7]

Personal life

Garfield Owen married Marlene (née Sternson)[8] in 1957 in Surrey.[9] They had two children; Russell H. Owen[10] and Sally L. Owen.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Dave Fleming's Blast From The Past". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  6. ↑ "Halifax Hall of Fame". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  7. ↑ Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North - Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-3-6
  8. ↑ birth registered during fourth ¼ 1933 in Pancras district)
  9. ↑ "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  10. ↑ birth registered during first ¼ 1959 (age 58–59) in Halifax district)
  11. ↑ birth registered during third ¼ 1961 (age 56–57) in Halifax district)
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