Full name Wallace Owen Years Team Playing position | Date of death Unknown Date of birth 1864 Name Wally Owen | |
Place of birth Stoke-upon-Trent, England | ||
Wallace Owen (1864 – afer 1888) was an English footballer who played for Stoke.
Career
Owen started his career with Stoke St Peter's before joining Stoke in 1886. He became a useful forward and scored four goals in six FA Cup matches in two seasons for Stoke. With Stoke joining the Football League in June 1888, Owen instead moved on to the Combination with Long Eaton Rangers.
He may also have made one FA Cup and one Staffordshire Senior Cup appearance for Stoke's rivals Burslem Port Vale in October 1886. A forward by the name of 'Owen' wore the number 8 shirt for the "Valeites" for two games and played as a forward, though his first name and history went unrecorded.
References
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