Stan Owen

Stanley Gordon Owen (7 March 1932 – 12 September 2019) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in 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, St. Helens, Rochdale Hornets and Blackpool Borough, as a .

Background Stan Owen was born in Pontypridd, Wales, and he died aged 90 in Wigan Infirmary.

International honours Stan Owen won a cap for Great Britain (RL) while at Leigh in 1958 against France,

Stan Owen also represented English League XIII (RL) playing at 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.