:Skip Lane

{{Short description|American football player (born 1960)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Skip Lane

| image =

| position = Cornerback
Safety

| number = 37, 26, 39

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|1|30|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date =

| undraftedyear = 1984

| high_school = Staples (CT).{{Cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/schools/high_schools.cgi?id=93be0c6a|title=Staples (Westport, CT) Alumni Pro Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}}

| college = Ole Miss

| pastteams =

• Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1984}})
• New York Jets ({{NFL Year|1984}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1987}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXII)

| statlabel1 = Games played

| statvalue1 = 7

| statlabel2 = Games started

| statvalue2 = 3

| pfr =

}}

Paul John "Skip" Lane Jr. (born January 30, 1960) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive back for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ole Miss Rebels.

Lane was featured in the ESPN documentary Year of the Scab.{{Cite web|url=https://06880danwoog.com/2018/06/13/skip-lane-gets-his-super-bowl-ring/|title=Skip Lane Gets His Super Bowl Ring|date=2018-06-13|website=06880|language=en|access-date=2019-03-28}} In 2018, Lane was awarded a Super Bowl ring for playing for the Washington Redskins in 1987, the year they won Super Bowl XXII.{{cite web|url=https://commanderswire.usatoday.com/2018/06/12/redskins-1987-replacement-players-get-super-bowl-rings/|title=Redskins 1987 replacement players get Super Bowl rings|work=Redskins Wire|publisher=USA Today|first=Diane|last=Chesebrough|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=May 15, 2023}}