Burnet 'Burnie' Payne (born 8 May 1939) is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

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er who played for Hobart

Hobart Football Club

Hobart Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Hobart, Tasmania. They play their home fixtures at the TCA Ground on the Queens Domain, in Hobart and from 2009, the club has been a member of the Tasmanian State League.- Club history :...

 in the Tasmanian National Football League

Tasmanian Football League

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 (TANFL) and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL). He is a member of the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame

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, having been inducted in 2005.

Payne make his TANFL debut at the age of just 16 and was a member of Hobart's 1959, 1960 and 1963 premiership teams. St Kilda then secured his services for the 1964 VFL season

1964 VFL season

Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1964.-Premiership season:In 1964, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

 and he had a solid year, starting with three goals on debut and he later managed a six goal haul in a win over South Melbourne. He finished second in St Kilda's goal-kicking, behind Darrel Baldock

Darrel Baldock

Darrel John Baldock , commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend"...

.

Due to family reasons, Payne returned to Tasmania after just one season on the mainland. He won William Leitch Medal

William Leitch Medal

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s in 1965 and 1966 to become the first Hobart player to win it back to back. A premiership player again in 1966, Payne spent the 1969 and 1970 season as captain-coach.

He was a regular Tasmanian interstate representative, appearing in a total of 16 matches, including the 1966 Hobart

1966 Hobart Carnival

The 1966 Hobart Carnival was the 16th edition of the Australian National Football Carnival, an Australian rules football interstate competition. It was the final time that Tasmania hosted a carnival....

 and 1969 Adelaide Carnival

1969 Adelaide Carnival

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s. Payne retired at the end of 1973 but continued his coaching career at Kingston.