Don Owens (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1932–1997)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{no footnotes|date=October 2014}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Don Owens

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| number = 72, 70

| position = Defensive tackle,
Offensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|4|3}}

| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|8|17|1932|4|3}}

| death_place = Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lb = 255

| high_school = St. Mark's (MO)

| college = Southern Miss

| draftyear = 1957

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 30

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1957}})
• Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|1958|1960}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{NFL Year|1960|1963}})

| highlights =

• NFL champion (1960)
• First-team Little All-American (1956)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 87

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 79

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 9

| statlabel4 = Touchdowns

| statvalue4 = 1

| pfr = OwenDo20

}}

Donald Fred Owens (April 3, 1932 – August 17, 1997) was an American football defensive tackle and offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the St. Louis Cardinals.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Owens played college football at the University of Southern Mississippi and was drafted in the third round of the 1957 NFL draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers.