Mercer McCall "Mack" Tharpe (July 12, 1903 – February 21, 1945) was a college football player and coach, bomber pilot, and insurance salesman.

[2] Tharpe was a prominent tackle for William Alexander's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team, selected All-Southern in 1926.

[1] In 1931, he sought a scouting report on North Carolina, and Robert Neyland had Bobby Dodd explain the defense to him.

[4] Along with Alexander he is the namesake of the Alexander-Tharpe fund.

[5] Tharpe was inducted into the Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame in 1961.