Britton Payne

{{Short description|American curler}}

{{Infobox curler

| name = Britton Payne

| gender = M

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|9|19}}

| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota

| death_date = {{death date and age |2020|6|24 |1940|9|19}}

| death_place = Duluth, Minnesota

| Curling club = Duluth CC,
Duluth, Minnesota

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| Member Association = {{USA}}

| World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|1964}})

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| show-medals = yes

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{{MedalSport | Curling}}

{{MedalCompetition | {{WMCC||World Championships}}}}

{{MedalBronze | {{WMCC|1964|1964 Calgary}} | }}

{{MedalCompetition | United States Men's Championship }}

{{MedalGold | 1964 Utica | }}

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Britton "Britt" Payne (September 19, 1940 - June 24, 2020){{cite web |url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/obituaries/b-britton-payne |title=B. Britton Payne |website=Obituaries - Duluth News Tribune |date=2020-06-25 |language=en |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202054602/https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/obituaries/b-britton-payne |archivedate=2022-12-02 }}{{cite news|title=Personnel of visiting Scotch Cup rinks|date=March 12, 1964|page=60|newspaper=Calgary Heralad|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/74938275/calgary-herald/|accessdate=April 2, 2021}} is an American curler.

He is a {{WMCC|1964|1964 World Men's bronze medallist}}{{worldcurling}} and a 1964 United States men's champion.{{Cite book|title=Curling Superiority!: A History of Superior Wisconsin's Championship Curling Club|last=Gidley|first=John|publisher=Savage Press|year=2001|isbn=1886028516|pages=71}}

Payne is the son of his 1964 teammate, Bert. At the time of the 1964 Scotch Cup he worked in industrial relations.

Teams

class="wikitable"
scope="col"| Season

! scope="col"| Skip

! scope="col"| Third

! scope="col"| Second

! scope="col"| Lead

! scope="col"| Events

scope="row"| 1963–64

| Bob Magie Jr. || Bert Payne || Russell Barber || Britt Payne || USMCC 1964 {{Gold1}}
{{WMCC|1964|WCC 1964}} {{Bronze3}}

scope="row"| 1966–67

| Bob Magie Jr. || Britt Payne || Mike O’Leary || Russell Barber || [http://mncurling.org/mca4a-mens-state-champions/ Men's State Champions History – Minnesota Curling Association]
USMCC 1967 (???th)

scope="row"| 1973–74

| Hugh Polski || Britt Payne || Byron Rowell || Bill Ketola ||
USMCC 1974 (???th)

References

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