Debuting for St Kilda against Collingwood in the 1966 second semi-final, Payze came off the bench and booted 3 goals.
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 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.