Robert William Henry Scott MBE (6 February 1921 – 16 November 2012) was a New Zealand rugby union player who represented the All Blacks between 1946 and 1954.

His father had served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli during the First World War where he was chronically wounded.

[2] His father was employed by the Public Works Department, and the family moved to Kapuni, then Tangarakau[3] and later Ōhura.

[8] He served in North Africa and Italy, and described driving trucks of ammunition to the front lines as the most lonely experience of his life.

[3] Although they lost the final to the 22nd Division, Scott, who played at fullback was selected to trial for the Army's Kiwis team.

During World War II, he served in Italy and was one of the players in the New Zealand Army rugby team along with Bob Stuart as fullback.

[3] In 1990 Scott was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame, and in the 1995 New Year Honours he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to rugby and the community.