Sid 'Joe' Pearce (7 September 1910 – 16 October 1995) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s.

Son of fellow Australian Rugby League Hall of Famer, Sandy Pearce, he is considered one of the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century.

[2] He was a junior Australian Rules footballer in Sydney's eastern suburbs district but switched to rugby league and first appeared as a full-back for the Tricolours in 1929 before moving into the forwards.

[3] Pearce was an outstanding ball-playing second-rower in the champion Easts' side that saw premiership success in seasons 1935, 1936 and 1937.

He first represented for New South Wales in 1930 and for the next twelve seasons without fail he played in the interstate series.

He was selected on the 1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain led by Frank McMillan and played in 2 Tests and 22 minor matches.