Retirement and Later Life
Owen retired from international rugby, at the age of 34, in 1912 in a 21-6 victory against Scotland, fittingly played at St Helens in Swansea. Owen was given the captaincy for this match and after the final whistle was carried from the field shoulder high. He would retire from rugby completely the following year when he left Swansea Rugby Club in 1913. As fitting many sports people he became a publican on retirement from rugby. Owen took his own life in the Swansea pub he ran in 1932; he was 55.
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