Horace Paul "Hop" Odell, Jr. (September 5, 1910 – January 22, 1984) was an American javelin thrower.

[2] His father, Horace Sr., had a track and field background and had been part of a record-setting Irish American Athletic Club relay team in 1907.

[6][14] Entering 1936, a panel of leading coaches considered Odell likely to qualify for the United States team for the 1936 Summer Olympics.

[15] He won at the Eastern Tryouts, a qualifying meet for the final Olympic Trials, with a throw of 213 ft 9 in (65.15 m);[16] in another pre-Trials meet, the national championships (held separately from the Trials for the first time since 1924), he placed second behind Mottram.

[6] At the final Trials, however, Odell didn't place in the top six and the three Olympic spots went to Lee Bartlett, Malcolm Metcalf and Alton Terry.