Francis James "Coddy" Winters (January 29, 1884 – November 17, 1944) was an American ice hockey player from Duluth, Minnesota.

On January 2, 1915 Coddy Winters was in the center of a riot at the conclusion of a game between the Cleveland Athletic Club and the visiting Ottawa College team, at the Elysium Arena in Cleveland, the third contest in a best-of-three series between the two teams.

Cleveland's trainer then took part in the melee and hit Ottawa player Redmond Quain over the head with a bottle.

The spectators (a 2,000 crowd) then jumped onto the ice to join in, and the police had to be called upon to quell the disturbance, with a number of people getting hurt in the ensuing panic.

We had to put up with incompetent officials besides being victims of brutal attacks of the opposing team, which culminated during the final match in the disgraceful scene I have described."