Lowell Wesley Perry (December 5, 1931 – January 7, 2001) was an American football player and coach, government official, businessman, and broadcaster.

He was appointed as chairman of the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by President Gerald Ford, holding that position from 1975 to 1976.

At age 16, he helped lead the Ypsilanti High School football team to the Class B state championship.

[1][3][4] Perry was a two-way player who played end on offense and safety on defense and also handled punt returns for the Wolverines.

[13] His professional football career was deferred due to Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) obligations.

[15] In his sixth regular season game, Perry sustained a fractured pelvis and dislocated hip that forced his retirement.

[16] Football writer Mark A. Latterman later wrote about witnessing Perry's career-ending injury: A skinny 15 year-old boy and his dad were cheering the Pittsburgh Steelers new rookie star, Lowell Perry as he roared whippet-like around the New York Giants' fabled 1956 defensive line and headed full-throttle for the open field.

The boy's cheers turned to tears when Giants' star, Roosevelt Grier crunched Perry from behind and linebacker Bill Svoboda hit him from the side simultaneously, filling the stadium with a sickening 'crack' which silenced the Steelers' faithful.

[20] That same year, he became a law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Frank A. Picard (the Michigan Wolverines' quarterback from 1909 to 1910).

[1][22] In April 1966, Perry was hired as a color analyst for CBS Television to broadcast Steelers games alongside play-by-play man Joe Tucker.

At the ceremony in which Perry was sworn in, President Ford spoke and made the following comments: He first came to my attention when I saw his prowess on the gridiron at the University of Michigan.

I think it's, in this instance, Government's gain to have Lowell with us, and Lynn Townsend probably is losing one of his very finest young people in his Chrysler organization.

In March 1996, Governor John Engler appointed him as the director of the Office of Urban Programs, a position that he held until his retirement in April 1999.