Terry Owens (American football)

{{Short description|American football player (1944–2012)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

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| position = Offensive tackle

| number = 76

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|7|5|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Jasper, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|10|27|1944|7|5|mf=y}}

| death_place = Decatur, Alabama, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lbs = 260

| afldraftyear = 1966

| afldraftround = 11

| afldraftpick = 99

| draftyear = 1966

| draftround = 11

| draftpick = 167
(by the Chicago Bears){{cite web|url=http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CHI&lg=nfl&yr=1966 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070409070505/http://www.databasefootball.com/teams/teamyear.htm?tm=CHI&lg=nfl&yr=1966 |title=1966 Chicago Bears |website=databaseFootball.com |archive-date=April 9, 2007 |url-status=usurped |access-date=July 14, 2020}}

| high_school = Samson (AL)

| college = Jacksonville State

| pastteams =

• San Diego Chargers (1966–1975)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 132

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 46

| statlabel3 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue3 = 3

| pfr = OwenTe20

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Terry Woodrow Owens (July 5, 1944 – October 27, 2012) was an American football offensive lineman in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). Owens graduated from Samson High School in 1962 before attending Jacksonville State University.{{cite web |url=http://www.cityofsamson.com/success.html |title=Success Stories |publisher=Cityofsamson.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-09 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125054135/http://www.cityofsamson.com/success.html |archivedate=2013-01-25 }} Selected in the 11th round (99th overall) of the 1966 AFL Draft, Owens joined the San Diego Chargers. He played for the Chargers for ten seasons. He died of Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).