Owen Gill

{{Short description|American football player (born 1962)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Owen Gill

| number = 44, 30

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|02|19}}

| birth_place = London, England

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 230

| high_school = Samuel J. Tilden
(Brooklyn, New York)

| college = Iowa

| draftyear = 1985

| draftround = 2

| draftpick = 53

| pastteams =

• Seattle Seahawks (1985)*
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1985|1986}})
• Los Angeles Rams ({{NFL Year|1987}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|1988}})*

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (1984)

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 490

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 5.0

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = GillOw20

}}

Owen Gill (born February 19, 1962) is a former American football running back who played professionally in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round (53rd overall pick) of the 1985 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1985 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1985/draft.htm |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He played for the Indianapolis Colts (1985–1986) and the Los Angeles Rams (1987).

Born to Guyanese parents, Gill played cricket, soccer and rugby while growing up in London. He moved to the United States in 1978.{{cite news|first=Jerry|last=Kirshenbaum|title=Scoreboard|date=November 10, 1980|work=Sports Illustrated|url=https://vault.si.com/vault/1980/11/10/scorecard|access-date=February 24, 2024}}{{cite news|first=Stephen|last=Daly|title=Rugby and Soccer Prepared Tilden Star For Football Glory|date=October 5, 1980|newspaper=The New York Times|page=S11|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/10/05/113956161.pdf|url-access=subscription|access-date=February 24, 2024}} Gill was not initially attracted to football, not liking the stoppage after each play. He played football at Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, New York City.