J. W. "Grassy" Hinton (June 30, 1907 – December 10, 1944) was a professional American football player who played quarterback for one season for the Staten Island Stapletons.

Prior to his professional career, Hinton played college football at Texas Christian University.

A member of the school's baseball team, Hinton was selected as the Horned Frogs' top outfielder for the 1932 season.

When World War II began, he was a lieutenant colonel and training director at Fort Worth Army Air Field.

In the Pacific theater, he flew a B-24 Liberator with the 372nd Bombardment Squadron at the time of his death in a crash on Halmahera Island on December 10, 1944.