The name of Owen Deacon may not be well known to Saints fans of today, but he was man well regarded by all St Kilda players in our golden era in the 1960s and 1970s.

The passing of Owen Deacon deserves recognition from our club for the service he gave the Saints as our Medical Officer from 1965 to 1975.

Owen was a highly thought of in the orthopaedic profession and was a long-time member of the Australian Orthopaedic Association and became Vice President of that association in 1995. He was also president of the Australian Knee Society in 1987 and was a long term member of both groups.

As medical officer in 1966 he was invited to last year’s 50^th anniversary celebrations of the premiership but, unfortunately could not attend.

Owen’s son Simon was a Saints player in two senior games in 1974-75.

Owen Deacon’s  funeral and memorial service will be held next Friday at the Brighton Yacht Club commencing at 2.00pm.