Dan Payne (born June 7, 1966 in

New Westminster, British Columbia New Westminster (colloquially known as New West) is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It was founded by Major-General Richard Moody as the capita ...

, raised in

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) is a former professional

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offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line, while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line. A numbe ...

who played fourteen seasons in the

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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

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. He was a member of four

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-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 The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...

in freestyle and Greco-Roman before representing Canada in the

1988 Seoul Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, where he competed in both the freestyle (6th place) and Greco-Roman (13th place) competitions in the 130 kg division.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Payne, Dan 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