Stan Owen

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Stanley G. Owen
Personal information
Full name Stanley G. Owen
Nickname Stan
Born 7 March 1932
Pontypridd, Wales
Playing information
Rugby union
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Pontypridd RFC
Rugby league
Position Prop
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1952–64 Leigh
1964 St. Helens 12 1 0 0 3
1964–≥64 Rochdale Hornets
Total 12 1 0 0 3
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1958 English League XIII 1
1955–63 Wales 2
1958 Great Britain 1 0 0 0 0
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk

Stanley "Stan" G. Owen (born March 7, 1932 in Pontypridd) is a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Pontypridd RFC, and playing representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, Wales, and English League XIII, and at club level for Leigh, St. Helens, and Rochdale Hornets as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.[1]

International honours

Owen won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Leigh in 1958 against France.[2]

Stan Owen also represented English League XIII (RL) playing Right-Prop, i.e. number 10 in the 19-8 victory over France at Headingley, 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.

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  2. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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