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	'''Maurice Owen''' (4 July 1924 – 8 July 2000) was an English professional [[association football\|footballer]] who scored 150 goals in 555 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Swindon Town F.C.\|Swindon Town]].<ref name=NB>{{cite web \|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/swindon/swindon.html \|title=Swindon Town \|work=UK A–Z Transfers \|publisher=Neil Brown \|accessdate=23 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		'''Maurice Owen''' (4 July 1924 – 8 July 2000) was an English professional [[association football\|footballer]] who scored 150 goals in 555 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Swindon Town F.C.\|Swindon Town]].<ref name=NB>{{cite web \|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/swindon/swindon.html \|title=Swindon Town \|work=UK A–Z Transfers \|publisher=Neil Brown \|accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref>

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	''"I would have liked to play in the First Division, I suppose, but not enough to make me move. To be honest, I was so happy at Swindon. They were a good club and I was among good friends. It was a joy to go to the County Ground every day."''<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2000/07/19/Wiltshire+Archive/7402870.Town_legend_dies_at_76/ \|title=Town legend dies at 76 \|newspaper=Swindon Advertiser \|date=2000-07-19 \|accessdate=2012-08-05}}</ref>		''"I would have liked to play in the First Division, I suppose, but not enough to make me move. To be honest, I was so happy at Swindon. They were a good club and I was among good friends. It was a joy to go to the County Ground every day."''<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2000/07/19/Wiltshire+Archive/7402870.Town_legend_dies_at_76/ \|title=Town legend dies at 76 \|newspaper=Swindon Advertiser \|date=2000-07-19 \|accessdate=2012-08-05}}</ref>

	Having started his career as a [[centre forward]], he later moved back into [[defender (association football)\|defence]]. In all competitions he scored 164 goals from 601 appearances for the club. After he finished playing he joined Swindon's backroom staff, serving as a coach before working as a groundsman.<ref name=STFC>{{cite web \|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=OWENMAUR \|title=Maurice Owen \|work=Swindon-Town-FC \|accessdate=23 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Having started his career as a [[centre forward]], he later moved back into [[defender (association football)\|defence]]. In all competitions he scored 164 goals from 601 appearances for the club. After he finished playing he joined Swindon's backroom staff, serving as a coach before working as a groundsman.<ref name=STFC>{{cite web \|url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=OWENMAUR \|title=Maurice Owen \|work=Swindon-Town-FC \|accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref>

	==Later life==		==Later life==
	Owen was married to his wife Marjorie for nearly 50 years. In his later years, he suffered with [[Alzheimer's disease]] for more than a decade and suffered a stroke in 1998. Still living in his hometown [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]], he died in 2000 at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2000/07/11/Wiltshire+Archive/7403639.An_honour_for_Owen/ \|title=Honour For Owen \|newspaper=Swindon Advertiser \|date=11 July 2000 \|accessdate=23 March ~~2022~~}}</ref>		Owen was married to his wife Marjorie for nearly 50 years. In his later years, he suffered with [[Alzheimer's disease]] for more than a decade and suffered a stroke in 1998. Still living in his hometown [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]], he died in 2000 at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2000/07/11/Wiltshire+Archive/7403639.An_honour_for_Owen/ \|title=Honour For Owen \|newspaper=Swindon Advertiser \|date=11 July 2000 \|accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref>

	==Career statistics==		==Career statistics==

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{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2022}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Maurice Owen
| image =
| fullname =
| height =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] / [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|7|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2000|7|8|1924|7|4|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]], England
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1946 | clubs1 = [[Abingdon Town F.C.|Abingdon Town]]
| years2 = 1946–1963 | clubs2 = [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]]
| caps2 = 555 | goals2 = 150
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 =
| nationalcaps1 = | nationalgoals1 =
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'''Maurice Owen''' (4 July 1924 – 8 July 2000) was an English professional [[association football|footballer]] who scored 150 goals in 555 appearances in [[the Football League]] playing for [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]].<ref name=NB>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/swindon/swindon.html |title=Swindon Town |work=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 March 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Born in [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]], Owen served as a [[Chindits|Chindit]] in Burma during the latter years of [[World War II]]. He returned to Abingdon following the war, working as an apprentice in the [[MG (car)|MG]] factory in the town.<ref name=ALS>{{cite news |url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/new_look_history/9416811.Another_loyal_servant_for_Town/ |title=Another loyal servant for Town |newspaper=Swindon Advertiser |date=2011-12-13 |accessdate=2012-08-05}}</ref>

==Career==
Owen joined Swindon from non-league side [[Abingdon Town F.C.|Abingdon Town]] in December 1946. He started his Swindon career in impressive goal scoring form, scoring sixteen times in seventeen matches during his first season, including a hattrick on his debut against [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] and a four-goal haul during a match against [[Mansfield Town F.C.|Mansfield Town]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2010/03/02/Swindon+News+%28swindon_news%29/5035808.History__Owen_stuns_stags/ |title=Owen stuns stags |newspaper=Swindon Advertiser |date=2012-03-02 |accessdate=2012-08-05}}</ref> During his career, Swindon twice agreed a fee to sell Owen to other clubs, £14,000 to [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] in 1951 and £7,500 to [[Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]] in 1955, but Owen rejected both moves, not wanting to move away from his home in Abingdon.<ref name=ALS/> There were also unsuccessful approaches from [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]. After his retirement, Owen commented on his refusal to move away from Swindon, stating:

''"I would have liked to play in the First Division, I suppose, but not enough to make me move. To be honest, I was so happy at Swindon. They were a good club and I was among good friends. It was a joy to go to the County Ground every day."''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2000/07/19/Wiltshire+Archive/7402870.Town_legend_dies_at_76/ |title=Town legend dies at 76 |newspaper=Swindon Advertiser |date=2000-07-19 |accessdate=2012-08-05}}</ref>

Having started his career as a [[centre forward]], he later moved back into [[defender (association football)|defence]]. In all competitions he scored 164 goals from 601 appearances for the club. After he finished playing he joined Swindon's backroom staff, serving as a coach before working as a groundsman.<ref name=STFC>{{cite web |url=http://www.swindon-town-fc.co.uk/Person.asp?PersonID=OWENMAUR |title=Maurice Owen |work=Swindon-Town-FC |accessdate=23 March 2022}}</ref>

==Later life==
Owen was married to his wife Marjorie for nearly 50 years. In his later years, he suffered with [[Alzheimer's disease]] for more than a decade and suffered a stroke in 1998. Still living in his hometown [[Abingdon, Oxfordshire]], he died in 2000 at the age of 76.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/archive/2000/07/11/Wiltshire+Archive/7403639.An_honour_for_Owen/ |title=Honour For Owen |newspaper=Swindon Advertiser |date=11 July 2000 |accessdate=23 March 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
Source:<ref name=STFC/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! Season!! Team !! League Apps !! League Goals !! Cup Apps !! Cup Goals
|-
! 1962–63
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 27|| 0 ||4 ||0
|-
! 1961–62
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 44 ||0 ||4 ||0
|-
! 1960–61
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 40 ||0 || 6|| 0
|-
! 1959–60
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 0 ||0 ||0 ||0
|-
! 1958–59
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 36 ||2 ||3 ||0
|-
! 1957–58
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 33 ||3 ||0 ||0
|-
! 1956–57
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 37 ||7 ||2 ||0
|-
! 1955–56
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 44||13 ||5 ||2
|-
! 1954–55
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 33|| 12|| 1|| 0
|-
! 1953–54
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 29|| 10|| 0|| 0
|-
! 1952–53
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 40|| 17|| 3|| 4
|-
! 1951–52
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 41|| 18|| 9|| 6
|-
! 1950–51
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 28|| 9|| 0|| 0
|-
! 1949–50
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 29|| 10|| 2|| 1
|-
! 1948–49
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 42|| 17|| 1|| 1
|-
! 1947–48
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 35|| 16|| 6|| 1
|-
! 1946–47
| align=left|Swindon Town|| 17|| 16|| 0|| 0
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/5035808.History__Owen_stuns_stags/ Article] from ''Swindon Advertiser''

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