Reuben Owens
| Full name | Reuben Hirst Owens | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 19 March 1898 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 30 August 1973 (aged 75) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | San Francisco, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Trinity College Dublin | ||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Civil engineer | ||||||||||||||||
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Reuben Hirst Owens (19 March 1898 — 30 August 1973) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Owens was a Dublin University wing-forward, capped twice for Ireland in the 1922 Five Nations, playing against England at Lansdowne Road and Scotland at Inverleith.[1] He also represented Ireland at water polo.[2]
A civil engineer, Owens moved to San Francisco during the 1920s to be with his fiancée and worked with City Hall for many year until his appointment as director of Public Works in 1959, four years before he retired.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "R. Owens (Dublin University)". Sport (Dublin). 11 February 1922.
- ^ "Swimming Topics". Sport (Dublin). 9 September 1922.
- ^ "Reuben Owens of City Hall". The San Francisco Examiner. 1 September 1973.
External links
[edit]- Reuben Owens at ESPNscrum
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1973 deaths
- Irish rugby union players
- Ireland international rugby union players
- Rugby union wing-forwards
- Rugby union players from Dublin (city)
- Dublin University Football Club players
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Irish male water polo players
- Irish emigrants to the United States
- American civil servants