William_Owen_(footballer,_born_1906)

William Owen (footballer, born 1906)

William Owen (footballer, born 1906)

English footballer

For other footballers and people with the name William Owen, see William Owen.

William Owen (1906[lower-alpha 1] – after 1930) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham and Coventry City.[2] He played as a goalkeeper.

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Owen was born in Coventry. He joined Birmingham from Nuneaton Borough in April 1926.[3] He made his debut in the First Division on 15 January 1927 in a 3–2 defeat at Burnley, the first of a run of six games in which he deputised for Dan Tremelling.[4] Once Tremelling became available again, Owen returned to the reserves.[3] He moved on to Fulham and Coventry City, for whom he played five Third Division South games in the 1930–31 season before returning to non-league football with former club Nuneaton and with Stourbridge.[2]

Notes

  1. Joyce gives birth year of 1906[2] whereas Matthews gives April 1903.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Birmingham". Athletic News. Manchester. 23 August 1926. p. 10.
  2. [2]
    Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: SoccerData. p. 201. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  3. [3]
    Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  4. [4]
    Matthews, p. 169.


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