Jack Owens (3 August 1902 – 26 September 1942
["Jack Owens dead"; in ''The Barrier Miner'', 26 September 1942]) was an
Australian rules footballer who played for
Glenelg in the
South Australian National Football League
The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
Originally formed as t ...
(SANFL) during the 1920s and 1930s.
Football
Originally from the West Broken Hill club, Owens was a prolific left footed full-forward who excelled despite playing much of his career in the league’s weakest team. He favored the screw punt when he lined up for goals and it was effective as he topped Glenelg’s goalkicking every year from 1924 to 1932, as well as for a tenth time in 1934. On three of those occasions he was the league's leading goal scorer, outright in 1927 and 1928 with 80 and 83 goals respectively while he tied for the mantle in 1932 with
Ken Farmer
Kenneth William George Farmer (25 July 1910 – 5 March 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Dubbed the 'Bradman of football' in So ...
on 102 goals.
Towards the end of his career, Glenelg began to improve and in 1934 he captained the club to their inaugural SANFL premiership. He was also South Australian captain for interstate matches in 1933 and 1934. In all he appeared for South Australia on nine occasions and kicked 26 goals.
At the age of 32, however, Owens showed he was on the decline so quickly in 1935 that he announced his retirement after just three games and eight goals. Only seven years later, in 1942, he died after a long illness.
In 2002 Owens was in the first group of players inducted into the
South Australian Football Hall of Fame
The South Australian Football Hall of Fame enshrines those who have made a most significant contribution to the game of Australian Football.
The Hall of Fame was established in 2002 when 114 outstanding individuals became inaugural inductees.
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See also
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1927 Melbourne Carnival
The 1927 Melbourne Carnival was the sixth Australian National Football Carnival: an Australian rules football interstate competition.
New South Wales caused the biggest upset of the carnival when they defeated Tasmania by three points and, also, ...
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1902 births
1942 deaths
Australian rules footballers from New South Wales
Glenelg Football Club players
West Broken Hill Football Club players
South Australian Football Hall of Fame inductees