Bennie Owen

Quarterback, American football head coach

1875 – 1970

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Who was Bennie Owen?

Benjamin Gilbert Owen was an American football player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served as the head football coach at Washburn College, now Washburn University, in 1900, at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas from 1902 to 1904, and at the University of Oklahoma from 1905 to 1926, compiling a career college football record of 155–60–19. Owen was also the head basketball coach at Oklahoma from 1908 to 1921, tallying a mark of 113–49, and the head baseball coach at the school from 1906 to 1922, amassing a record of 142–102–4. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951.

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Born
Jul 24, 1875
Chicago
Also known as
  • Ben Owen
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • University of Kansas
Died
Feb 26, 1970
Houston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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