Dan Payne (born June 7, 1966) is a former professional

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who played fourteen seasons in the

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(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

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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. Payne was raised in

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. Prior to his football career, he competed as an amateur wrestler, winning two NAIA national championships. In international competition, he won bronze at the

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in freestyle and Greco-Roman before representing Canada in the

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

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