Dan Payne (Canadian football)

{{Short description|Canadian football player (born 1966)}}

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{{Infobox Canadian Football League biography

| name = Dan Payne

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|06|07}}

| birth_place = New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

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| position1 = Offensive tackle

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 7

| weight_lb = 300

| college = Simon Fraser University(Purdue University)

| CFLDraftedYear = 1989

| CFLDraftedRound = 2

| CFLDraftedPick = 9

| CFLDraftedTeam = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years1 = 1989

| playing_team1 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years2 = 1990

| playing_team2 = BC Lions

| playing_years3 = 1992

| playing_team3 = Hamilton Tiger-Cats

| playing_years4 = 1993–1995

| playing_team4 = Saskatchewan Roughriders

| playing_years5 = 1996

| playing_team5 = BC Lions

| playing_years6 = 1996–1997

| playing_team6 = Toronto Argonauts

| playing_years7 = 1998–2003

| playing_team7 = BC Lions

| career_highlights =

• 4× Grey Cup champion (1989, 1996, 1997, 2000)

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Indianapolis | Greco-Roman (130 kg)}}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Indianapolis | Freestyle (130 kg)}}

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Dan Payne (born June 7, 1966) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for four teams, mostly at right guard. He attended Purdue University on a full football/wrestling scholarship before transferring to Simon Fraser University. He played football and wrestled at Simon Fraser University. He was a member of four Grey Cup-winning teams: the Saskatchewan Roughriders (1989), the Toronto Argonauts (1996, 1997), and the B.C. Lions (2000). During his career, he also played for Hamilton.{{Cite web | url=http://www.cflapedia.com/Players/p/payne_dan.htm | title=Dan Payne}}

Payne was raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. Prior to his football career, he competed as an amateur wrestler, winning two NAIA national championships. In international competition, he won bronze at the 1987 Pan American Games in freestyle and Greco-Roman before representing Canada in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where he competed in both the freestyle (6th place) and Greco-Roman (13th place) competitions in the 130 kg division.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/dan-payne-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092614/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/dan-payne-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Dan Payne Olympic Results |access-date=20 April 2019}}