Dan Payne
Canadian football player
- Born
- 7 June 1966, New Westminster
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Sport
- wrestling
- Occupation
- gridiron football player, amateur wrestler, Canadian football player
- Height
- 201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
- Team / club
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts, BC Lions
Dan Payne (born June 7, 1966) is a Canadian former professional 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.
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.
Competitions
| Competition | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 Summer Olympics | 1988 |
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q5214181 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.