Dan Payne

Dan Payne (born June 7, 1966 in New Westminster, British Columbia, raised in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia) is a former professional Canadian football offensive lineman who played fourteen seasons in the Canadian Football League 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. 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. References 1966 births BC Lions players Canadian football offensive linemen Hamilton Tiger-Cats players Living people Canadian male sport wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada People from Port Coquitlam Players of Canadian football from British Columbia Saskatchewan Roughriders players Purdue Boilermakers football players Simon Fraser Red Leafs football players Simon Fraser University alumni Sportspeople from New Westminster Toronto Argonauts players Wrestlers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in wrestling Wrestlers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games