William Albert Stauffer (June 9, 1930 – November 26, 2015) was an American basketball player.

He was an all-conference college player at the University of Missouri and a first-round NBA draft pick by the Boston Celtics in 1952.

[2] Undersized for the center position at 6'4", he nonetheless was one of the Big Seven Conference's top rebounders and left Missouri as the school's all-time leader.

[3] Stauffer's jersey was the first retired by the Missouri basketball program and in 1991 he was elected to the school's athletic Hall of Fame.

[1] Following the close of his college career, Stauffer was selected by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the 1952 NBA draft.