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Full name | Raymond Owen | |||||
Born | 1 January 1941 Widnes?, England |
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Died | 5 February 2006 Widnes, England |
(aged 65)|||||
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Position | Scrum-half/Halfback | |||||
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Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
≤1964–≥1964 | Widnes | |||||
≤1966–≥1968 | Wakefield Trinity | |||||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org |
Raymond "Ray" Owen was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, and chairman of the 1980s, who at club level played for Widnes, and Wakefield Trinity, playing at Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, at club level was chairman for Widnes.
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Ray Owen played Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and scored a try and won the Harry Sunderland Trophy, in Wakefield Trinity’s 21-9 victory over St. Helens in the 1966-67 Rugby Football League Championship final at Station Road, Swinton on the 10th May 1967, and scored two tries in Wakefield Trinity’s 17-10 victory over Hull in the 1967-68 Rugby Football League Championship final at Headingley Stadium on the 4th May 1968.[1]
Ray Owen played Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, in Widnes' 13-5 victory over Hull Kingston Rovers in the 1964-65 Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium on 9 May 1964.
Ray Owen was chairman of Widnes during the glory years of the 1980s and was still involved, as chairman of the Past Players Association, up to his death.
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