Leo "the Lion" Cantor (February 28, 1919 – June 4, 1995) was a Jewish American football player.

Cantor was born on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

He was the only prep football player coach Howard Jones ever personally recruited.

It was at UCLA that Cantor played in the same famed backfield as Kenny Washington, Jackie Robinson, and Woody Strode.

[6][7][8] Cantor played for the New York Giants in 1942 and, after serving in the US Army Air Corps during World War II, for the Chicago Cardinals in 1945.