Garfield Owen

Garfield David Owen (20 March 1932 – 17 January 2019[4]) was a Welsh teacher,[5] and dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in 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 club; Barbarian F.C..[2][3] He later switched to the professional code in 1956 joining Halifax (Heritage № 637) where at international level he also played for the Rugby League XIII, and the Wales rugby league team at his favoured position of fullback, i.e. number 1.[1][6]

Garfield Owen
Birth nameGarfield David Owen
Date of birth(1932-03-20)20 March 1932
Place of birthLlanharan, Glamorgan, Wales
Date of death17 January 2019(2019-01-17) (aged 86)
SchoolCowbridge Grammar School
Rugby league career
Position(s) Fullback
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1956–61 Halifax 166 (1082)
1961–65 Keighley 127 (705)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1958 Rugby League XIII 1 (10)
1959 Wales[1] 1 (2)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fullback
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Llanharan RFC ()
Maesteg RFC ()
Wrexham RFC ()
1954–1957 Newport RFC ()
1955–1956 Barbarian F.C. ()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1955–56 Wales[2][3] 6 (26)

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.[7]

Career records

Garfield Owen is one of fewer than twenty-five Welshmen to have scored more than 1000 points in their rugby league career.[8]

Personal life

Garfield Owen married Marlene (née Sternson)[9] in 1957 in Surrey.[10] They had two children; Russell H. Owen[11] and Sally L. Owen.[12]

His death was announced on 17 January 2019, he was 86-years-old.[13][14]

References
  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org (RL)". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Statistics at en.espn.co.uk (RU)". espn.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Statistics at wru.co.uk (RU)". wru.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. Garfield Owen
  5. "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.
  6. Williams, Graham; Lush, Peter; Farrar, David (2009). The British Rugby League Records Book. London League. pp. 108–114. ISBN 978-1-903659-49-6.
  7. "Halifax Hall of Fame". halifaxrlfc.co.uk. 31 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  8. Robert Gate (1988). "Gone North - Volume 2". R. E. Gate. ISBN 0-9511190-3-6
  9. birth registered during fourth ¼ 1933 in Pancras district)
  10. "Marriage details at freebmd.org.uk". freebmd.org.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  11. birth registered during first ¼ 1959 (age 61–62) in Halifax district)
  12. birth registered during third ¼ 1961 (age 59–60) in Halifax district)
  13. "Halifax and Welsh rugby great Garfield Owen dies aged 86". Halifax Courier. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  14. "OBITUARY: Dual-code star Garfield Owen dies". Welsh Rugby Union. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
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