Earl Huntington Painter (February 12, 1888 – October 19, 1969) was an American college football player and coach and lawyer.

[1] Painter graduated from the university in three years, earning a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1912.

[2] He volunteered to assist George Keogan in coaching the Saint Louis football team in 1915.

Painter retired from coaching after the 1916 season, at which time he worked as an assistant to the general counsel for the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company in St. Louis.

During World War I, he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps.