Devone Payne

Howard Devone Payne (November 14, 1913 – March 20, 1958) was an American football coach and college athletics administrator.

[1] Payne lettered in football, basketball, and track at Louisiana College.

[2] Payne died on March 20, 1958, at a hospital in Monroe, Louisiana, where he had been undergoing surgery for ulcers.

[4] He is also a member of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, having been inducted in 1992 posthumously.

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