Robert Alexander Burns (April 4, 1905 – August 12, 1995) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left wing who played 19 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks between 1928 and 1930.
Burns spent most of his career, which lasted from 1925 to 1939, in the American Hockey Association (AHA).
Burns began his professional career in 1926 with Eddie Livingstone's Chicago Cardinals of the AHA.
After the team was forced out of business by the NHL, the AHA assigned his rights to the Chicago Black Hawks.
He played one game with the Hawks and the rest of the season for the Duluth Hornets.