David Owen (field hockey)

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David Owen
Personal information
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career
YearsTeam
1970–1973 Stourport
1973–1985 Southgate
National team
YearsTeamCapsGoals
Great Britain
Medal record
Field hockey
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Champions Trophy
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1978 Lahore Team

David J. Owen is a former hockey international who represented Great Britain and England. He was selected for the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Owen was educated at Loughborough College. [1] and played club hockey for Stourport Hockey Club [2] and represented Worcestershire at county level. [3]

In 1971 he was capped by the England U23 team [1] and introduced Ian Taylor to hockey. [4]

In 1973, he left Stourport to join Southgate Hockey Club, [5] where he helped the team dominate English club hockey, winning the National Clubs Championship during the 1973–74 and 1974–75 seasons, the Inter League Championship in 1976–77 and 1977–78, in addition to being part of the team that won the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for three successive years in 1976, 1977 and 1978. [6]

Owen was part of the bronze-medal winning Great Britain team that competed at the inaugural 1978 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy, in Lahore, Pakistan. [7]

Owen went to his second Champions Trophy in 1980 and was selected for the Great Britain team for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but subsequently did not attend due to the boycott. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Too many players is Stourport problem" . Sports Argus. 8 January 1972. Retrieved 29 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "David Owen in Association team" . Wolverhampton Express and Star. 19 November 1970. Retrieved 29 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Game for Worcester" . Birmingham Daily Post. 10 September 1970. Retrieved 29 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Youth has its fling" . Sports Argus. 31 March 1973. Retrieved 29 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Owen's England calls may hit Worcs" . Sports Argus. 8 September 1973. Retrieved 29 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Europes's other champions chase a hat-trick too". Evening News (London). 12 May 1978. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Gregg gets G.B. Call-up" . Belfast Telegraph. 24 October 1978. Retrieved 28 July 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "Moscow 1980 Olympic Games: Great Britain Team". Sikhs in Hockey. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
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