Andy Payne

Andrew "Andy" Hartley Payne (November 17, 1907 – December 3, 1977) was the winner of the International Trans-Continental Footrace in 1928.

Payne, a member of the Cherokee Nation, grew up in Foyil, Oklahoma which was one of the check point towns along the route of the race.

The museum of history of Claremore, Oklahoma, near his hometown, notes: "The grand prize for winning first place was $25,000.

When Andy returned to Oklahoma, he paid off the mortgage on his family’s farm and built his parents a new home.

He learned to rope and billed himself as a “Dancing Cowboy from Oklahoma.” That didn’t work out for the audiences in California.