Roderick Owen (born 31 January 1967) is a former

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er who played with St Kilda, Melbourne and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). Owen, who had only recently turned 16 when he made his league debut for St Kilda in

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against North Melbourne at Arden St Oval, suffered from various injuries early in his career and missed the entire

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. Owen had to wait until his 17th game, in

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, to experience a win, with St Kilda having lost the previous 16 games he had played in. A

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recruit, Owen kicked a career high 39 goals in

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, the second most by a St Kilda player that year behind

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. After leaving St Kilda in

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Owen played out the season at Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Frankston, and was then traded to Melbourne for

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. He kicked two bags of five goals for Melbourne in

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, against

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and North Melbourne. After just one year at Melbourne he was traded to Brisbane for the

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. Owen had a particularly strong game against

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at Princes Park when he kicked eight goals and six behinds, a club record against the Lions. Once he finished in the AFL, Owen played for Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) side

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, where he was club leading goalkicker in the 1994/95 season with 39 goals, also at Broadbeach Cats Cairns, Noosa Tigers and

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s. In later years Owen has worked as a concreter and has had a few amateur boxing fights. In December 2000, Owen was sentenced to nine months in prison for assault.

References

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-03/written-off-as-an-addict-afl-star-rod-owen-hiding-dark-secrets/13255584

Sources

* https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-03/st-kilda-apologises-to-rod-owen-over-little-league-abuse-afl/100046586 *Lee, D. & Barfoot, M. (1995) ''NTFL'', Northern Territory Football League: Darwin. {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Rod 1967 births St Kilda Football Club players Melbourne Football Club players Brisbane Bears players Living people People educated at Mentone Grammar School Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Frankston Football Club players Wanderers Football Club players