Roy Lee "Father" Lumpkin (January 27, 1907 – March 31, 1974) was an American football player.

[2] He attended Oak Cliff High School in Dallas where he played fullback for the football team in 1926.

[3] In 1927, Lumpkin enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, planning to study textile engineering.

[3] As a sophomore, he helped lead the 1928 Georgia Tech Golden Tornado football team to an undefeated season and a victory over California in the 1929 Rose Bowl.

[5] At the end of the season, he was selected as a fullback on the All-Southern team of Nash Higgins, chief football scout and assistant coach for the University of Florida.

[6] One writer called Lumpkin "the most powerful individual factor" on the 1928 Georgia Tech team and noted: "This big, fast and powerful backfield star, who is just as valuable as an offensive interferer as a runner, passer and pass-receiver, is the best protectionist we have seen this year in staving off opponents who attempt to reach the player who is carrying the ball.

[1] He earned a reputation as an excellent blocker, leading the way for the Spartans' other backs, Dutch Clark, Glenn Presnell, and Ace Gutowsky.

[16] According to Dutch Clark, the Lions dropped Lumpkin because he refused to give up professional wrestling.

For the last three-and-a-half years of his life, he suffered from ischemic heart disease with episodes of cardiac arrhythmia.