Howard Payne throwing the hammer at the National Sports Centre,
Crystal Palace, London in 1974.
Howard Payne was 13 times British hammer throw champion from 1961 to 1974
after winning the British AAA Championships title. He won the title outright in
1964, 1969, 1970, 1971 and 1973 and was the best placed British athlete in
1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 and 1974.
Howard Payne was at one time married to discus thrower Rosemary Payne 1933-2026.
At age 41, she took a silver medal in the 1974 Commonwealth Games,
having won the event in 1970 in Edinburgh