Jimmy Owen (born 1864; date of death unknown) was an English

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for

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

and

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during the 1880s.

Career

Owen probably joined

in 1884. His debut for the club came on 18 October 1884 in a home friendly with

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"A", which Vale won 2–0. He became a regular in the side and grabbed two goals in the 12–0 thrashing of Ironbridge in the Burslem Challenge Cup final on 21 March 1885. He also played in the North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup final that same year but departed at the end of the 1885–86 season to join Stoke, a founder club of the

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in 1888. He had scored 17 goals in 56 games across all competitions for Port Vale. He played for

during the 1889–90 season, scoring two goals in three Football League matches. He scored goals against

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(15 March) and

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(24 March).

Career statistics

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Honours

Port Vale *Burslem Challenge Cup: 1885 *North Staffordshire Charity Challenge Cup: 1885 (shared)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Jimmy 1864 births Year of death missing Footballers from Manchester English men's footballers Men's association football forwards Port Vale F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players