Wayne John Athorne (7 September 1941 – 4 April 1992) was a national decathlon champion and Commonwealth Games competitor.
Athorne played his early football at Xavier College and trialled at Melbourne before making his VFL debut for Hawthorn in a win over Carlton at Glenferrie Oval in the 1961 season.
[1] As a decathlon athlete, Athorne finished second to John O'Neill in the 1965 Australian Open Track & Field Championships.
He won the decathlon in 1966 at Perry Lakes Stadium in Perth by beating South Australian John Hamann with 30 points.
Having become the Australian champion, Athorne competed in the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Jamaica.