Wayne Gift

{{Short description|American football player and coach (1915–1998)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Wayne Gift

| image =

| number = 3

| position = Quarterback

| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|10|21}}

| birth_place = Medina, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|2|13|1915|10|21}}

| death_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lbs = 175

| high_school = Canton (OH) McKinley

| college = Purdue

| undraftedyear =

| pastteams =

• Cleveland Rams ({{NFL Year|1937}})

| pastcoaching =

• Brooklyn Dodgers (1947) (assistant)

| pfr = G/GiftWa20

}}

Leland Wayne Gift (October 21, 1915 – February 13, 1998) was an American football quarterback who played one season with the Cleveland Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Purdue University where he was a member of Sigma Pi fraternity.{{cite magazine|last=Langhammer|first=Jay|date=Fall 1985|volume=74|number=3|magazine=The Emerald of Sigma Pi|title=Sigma Pis in Pro Football|pages=21|url=http://www.enivation.com/SigmaPi/archive/Emerald/1985/SP_EMERALD_VOL_74_NO_3_FALL_1985.pdf|access-date=2016-09-22|archive-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011200355/http://www.enivation.com/SigmaPi/archive/Emerald/1985/SP_EMERALD_VOL_74_NO_3_FALL_1985.pdf|url-status=usurped}} He attended Canton McKinley High School in Canton, Ohio.{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/gift00200.html | title=WAYNE GIFT | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=October 9, 2015}} During World War II he served in the United States Navy.{{cite magazine|date=May 1944|volume=31|number=1|magazine=The Emerald of Sigma Pi|title=The Greek Cross With The Colors|page=13|url=https://greek.historyit.com/sigma_pi/reader.php?id=113&page=15}}