John Owen (rugby union)

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| full_name = John Ernest Owen

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1939|09|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sutton Coldfield, England

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| position = Lock

| repyears1 = 1963–67

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 14

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John Ernest Owen (born 21 September 1939) is an English former international rugby union player.{{cite news |title=Counties call gives Owen chance of England comeback |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/784576305 |work=The Birmingham Post |date=27 October 1967}}

A Cambridge University blue, Owen was a lock and made over 150 appearances for Coventry, while gaining 14 England caps during the 1960s. He broke into the England team for their title-winning 1963 Five Nations campaign and featured in all four matches, scoring a try on debut against Wales. Later that year, Owen was part of the tour of Australasia and played the one-off Test against the Wallabies in Sydney. He made his last England appearance in a 1967 match against the All Blacks at Twickenham.{{cite news |title=French selection scorns any thought of defence |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259446501 |work=The Guardian |date=3 January 1969}}{{cite news |title=England Courage Just Not Enough |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/810675507 |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=6 November 1967}}