Freddie Owen (boxer)

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Freddie Owen
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Event
Bantamweight
ClubDennistoun Youth Club, Glasgow
Medal record
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1958 Cardiff bantamweight

Alfred Owen better known as Freddie Owen is a former Scottish boxer who won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Biography

Owen was a member of the Dennistoun Youth Club of Glasgow. [2]

A butcher by trade, he lost to Welshman Howard Winstone in the final of the ABA Bnatamweight Championship at Wembley in 1958. [3] He was subsequently selected for the 1958 Scottish team [4] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 54kg bantamweight event [5] and won the bronze medal. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Scotland's Top Five Commonwealth Games - Boxing". Team Scotland. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Pete's Dream come true" . Daily Record. 17 February 1956. p. 18. Retrieved 2 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Results" . The Scotsman. 11 April 1958. p. 1 2. Retrieved 2 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team" . The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2 October 2025.


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