Former OU player Jim Owens dies at 82

 
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 6, 2009

BIGFORK, Mont. (AP) — Jim Owens, a player at University of Oklahoma under Bud Wilkinson who later coached the University of Washington for 18 seasons and led a resurgence of West Coast football, has died at his home in Bigfork, Mont.

Owens died Saturday morning, the University of Washington confirmed.

Owens coached at Washington from 1957 until his retirement in 1974. He went 99-82-6 in his nearly two ...


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