Raymond "Smoky" Owens (1912 – September 7, 1942) was an American

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in the

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. He played from 1939 to 1942 with the

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, St. Louis Stars, and the

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. He was selected to the second 1939

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. Owens died in a car accident on September 7, 1942. Ulysses Brown also died, while Eugene Bremmer, Herman Watts, Alonzo Boone, and Wilbur Hayes were also injured.

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