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References
- Burnie Payne's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Burnie Payne at AustralianFootball.com
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.