| Morgan Morgan-Owen | |
| Fullname: | Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Hereford, England |
| Death Date: | [1] |
| Death Place: | Willington, England |
| Position: | Wing half, centre forward |
| Clubs1: | Oxford University |
| Years2: | 1898–1913 |
| Clubs2: | Corinthian |
| Years3: | 1900 |
| Clubs3: | Nottingham Forest |
| Caps3: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1903–1913 |
| Clubs4: | Casuals |
| Years5: | 1903–1905 |
| Clubs5: | Glossop |
| Caps5: | 3 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Clubs6: | London Welsh |
| Clubs7: | Rhyl |
| Clubs8: | Oswestry |
| Nationalyears1: | 1897–1907 |
| Nationalteam1: | Wales |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Morgan Maddox Morgan-Owen DSO (20 February 1877 – 14 August 1950) was a Welsh amateur footballer who played in the Football League for Glossop and Nottingham Forest as a wing half.[2] He won 12 caps and scored two goals for Wales between 1897 and 1907 and had a long career with each of the tour leading amateur clubs of the period,[3] Corinthian and Casuals.
Morgan-Owen's brother Hugh was also a Welsh international footballer.[4] He was educated at Colet School, Shrewsbury School and Oriel College, Oxford and gained an honours degree in Modern History from the latter institution.[5] After the First World War, he continued his career as a schoolteacher at Repton School (1909–1937) and also served as diplomatic private secretary.[6] He married in 1925 and had three children.
Morgan-Owen enlisted in the Essex Regiment in 1905 and served as a major with the regiment during the First World War, seeing action at Gallipoli, Langemarck, Cambrai and the German spring offensive.[7] [8] [9] He also had two periods attached to the Rifle Brigade, the second as an acting lieutenant colonel commanding the 10th (Service) Battalion.[10] Morgan-Owen was awarded the DSO in August 1918:
Morgan-Owen was wounded and gassed during the war and an injury to his arm resulted in the end of his sporting career.[11]
| Season | League | National Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Nottingham Forest | 1900–01[12] | First Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Corinthian | 1902–03[13] | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 1903–04 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1904–05 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1905–06 | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1906–07[14] | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | — | — | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
| Glossop | 1903–04[15] | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1904–05 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1905–06 | Second Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | |||
Corinthian
Casuals
Wales