Ambrose Joel Burfoot (born August 19, 1946) is a former American marathoner whose peak competitive years came in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

In his senior year at Wesleyan University, where Burfoot was the roommate and teammate of Bill Rodgers, Burfoot won the Boston Marathon, but an injury caused by running a steeplechase race in a collegiate track meet later that spring prevented him from being fully prepared for that year's Olympic Trials marathon.

As of 2015, he had run the Manchester Road Race 53 times in a row besting the streak of barefoot runner, Charlie "Doc" Robbins.

[2] In 1985, when Runner's World was bought by Rodale, Inc. they moved from Mountain View, California to Emmaus, Pennsylvania, he was named the executive editor.

[3] He describes his diet as built around fish, fruit, salads, oatmeal, nuts, protein shakes and 6-8 eggs most weeks with the occasional hamburger.