Robert Pailor (7 July 1887 – 24 January 1976), was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward.

Pailor was born in Stockton-on-Tees.

He turned professional with West Bromwich Albion in October 1908, making his debut in January 1909 in a Division Two match against Bradford Park Avenue.

In May 1914 he joined Newcastle United for a £1,550 fee, but retired from football just twelve months later due to a kidney complaint.

This biographical article related to association football in England, about a forward born in the 1880s, is a stub.