Stan Owen
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| Full name | Stanley G. Owen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 March 1932 Pontypridd, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stanley G. Owen (born 7 March 1932), also known by the nickname of "Stan", is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Pontypridd RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, Other Nationalities, and English League XIII, and at club level for Leigh (Heritage № 617),[2] St. Helens, and Rochdale Hornets, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[3]
Background
Stan Owen was born in Pontypridd, Wales.
Playing career
International honours
Stan Owen won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Leigh in 1958 against France,[1] and represented Other Nationalities (RL) while at Rochdale Hornets, he played left-prop, i.e. number 8, in the 2-19 defeat by St. Helens at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Wednesday 27 January 1965, to mark the switching-on of new floodlights.[4]
Stan Owen also represented English League XIII (RL) playing right-prop, i.e. number 10, in the 19–8 victory over France at Headingley Rugby Stadium, Leeds on Wednesday 16 April 1958, and Wales (RL) while at Leigh in a non-Test match on Thursday 19 May 1955 against France 'B' at Stade Marcel Saupin, Nantes, and in a non-Test match on Sunday 17 February 1963 against France at Stadium Municipal, Toulouse.
County Cup Final appearances
Stan Owen played right-prop, i.e. number 10, in Leigh's 4–15 defeat by St. Helens in the 1963–64 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1963–64 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Saturday 26 October 1963, and played right-prop in Rochdale Hornets' 5–16 defeat by Warrington in the 1965–66 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1965–66 season at Knowsley Road, St. Helens on Friday 29 October 1965.
References
- 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ "Statistics at leighrl.co.uk". leighrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
- ↑ Cook, H.B. (1965). Programme - St. Helens versus Other Nationalities. St. Helens Rugby F.C. Ltd.