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Australian rules footballer and coach

Travis Payze

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date of birthJuly 2, 1946
date of deathSeptember 1, 2006
occupationAustralian rules football player
place of birthVictoria
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Full name
Travis Irving Payze
Born
2 July 1946Victoria, Australia
Died
1 September 2006 (aged 60)
Original team
Frankston Bombers
Debut
Round 1, 10 September 1966, St Kilda vs. Collingwood, at Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height
185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight
85.5 kg (188 lb)
Years
Club
1966–1974
St Kilda
1975-1977
Dandenong Football Club

Travis Irving Payze (2 July 1946 – 1 September 2006) was an Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League.

Debuting for St Kilda against Collingwood in the 1966 second semi-final, Payze came off the bench and booted 3 goals. He was also named on the bench two weeks later in the Saints' first premiership side.

A lively forward, Payze had played only 12 games in his first four and a half seasons at the Saints, before he started to establish himself in the side as a ruck-rover. He was named as an All-Australian in 1972, and retired after the 1974 season.

He then coached Dandenong Football Club in the VFA, before returning to the Saints and becoming chairman of selectors in the early 1980s. He progressed to the president of St Kilda, a position he held from 1986 to 1993, in very difficult financial circumstances for the club.

In 2003, Payze was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and died on 1 September 2006, aged 60.

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