Eric Gordon Tipton (April 20, 1915 – August 29, 2001) was an American professional baseball left fielder.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds.

[1] Tipton played college football at Duke University as a running back and punter.

[2] Tipton then played in the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball with the St. Paul Saints, 1946–1951, and the Portland Beavers, 1952, of the Pacific Coast League.

Tipton was named to the Army Sports Hall of Fame (at the United States Military Academy) in 2005 in the second induction year; he was the first two-sport head coach honored at West Point.