William Oscar "Chink" Lowe (May 23, 1894 – March 12, 1949) was an American college football player, lawyer, and Republican political figure in Tennessee.

[5] He was elected captain of the next year's team;[6] however, the university suspended varsity football during 1917 and 1918 due to players being called into military service.

[8] Lowe served in the First World War as an observer and gunner in the Army's fledgling aviation corps.

[4] He enrolled as a provisional second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve the day after his 23rd birthday, later serving with the 90th Aero Squadron.

[14] Active in politics, Lowe was the Republican candidate in the 1946 Tennessee gubernatorial election,[10] which he lost to Democratic incumbent Jim Nance McCord.