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{{Short description|American football player (1946–1987)}}
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{{Infobox gridiron football person
| name = 
| image = 
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| birth_date = March 2, 1946
| birth_place = [[Bay City, Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|06|26|1946|03|2}}
| death_place = [[Ludington, Michigan]], U.S.
| team = 
| number = 59, 66
| status = 
| position1 = [[Linebacker]]
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 237
| college = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska]]
| NFLDraftedYear = 1968
| NFLDraftedRound = 4
| NFLDraftedPick = 104
| NFLDraftedTeam = 
| playing_years1 = 1968–1969
| playing_team1 = [[Cleveland Browns]]
| playing_years2 = 1970
| playing_team2 = [[Minnesota Vikings]]
| career_highlights = 
* 2× Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1966 College Football All-America Team|1966]], [[1967 College Football All-America Team|1967]])
* 2× First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1966 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1966]], [[1967 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1967]])
| honors = 
| CollegeHOF = 1894
}}

'''Wayne Meylan''' (March 2, 1946 – June 26, 1987) was an [[American football]] player. Before playing [[college football]] at the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]], he attended T.L. Handy High School in [[Bay City, Michigan]].

Meylan played [[middle guard]] on defense for the [[Nebraska Cornhuskers football|Nebraska Cornhuskers]] for three years, and the team had a 25–7 record in that time. He was a consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] in [[1966 College Football All-America Team|1966]] and [[1967 College Football All-America Team|1967]]. In 1966, he blocked three punts and recovered two for touchdowns. Meylan set Nebraska records for most tackles in a season and most tackles in a career. He played three years in the [[National Football League]] (NFL), from 1968 to 1970, then returned to Nebraska to complete work on his degree. He joined Engineered Systems, a company doing underground work for TV systems and phone companies. He then started Meylan Enterprises in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. This company worked on contracts in 18 states. His hobby was flying [[World War II]] [[fighter planes]] in [[airshow]]s.

On June 26, 1987, Meylan, age 41, was killed when his plane crashed in [[Ludington, Michigan]]. The [[National Transportation Safety Board]] ruled that the probable cause of the accident was wind shear. He is buried in the Prospect Hill Cemetery, Elkhorn, Nebraska.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/428618073/ ''The Columbus Telegram'']</ref> Meylan was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1991.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{College Football HoF|1894}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl=wayne-meylan |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=M/MeylWa20 |rotoworld= }}

{{1966 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{1967 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:1987 deaths]]
[[Category:American football linebackers]]
[[Category:Cleveland Browns players]]
[[Category:Minnesota Vikings players]]
[[Category:Nebraska Cornhuskers football players]]
[[Category:All-American college football players]]
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bay City, Michigan]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Michigan]]
[[Category:Accidental deaths in Michigan]]
[[Category:Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States]]
[[Category:Burials at Prospect Hill Cemetery (North Omaha, Nebraska)]]
[[Category:Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1987]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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