Paul Thomas "Butterball" Scull, Sr. (September 4, 1907 – December 11, 1997) was an American football player.

Considered a triple-threat man while playing for Penn from 1926 to 1928, he was a consensus first-team All-American halfback in 1928.

Born in New Jersey, Scull moved with his family to Lower Merion, Pennsylvania as a boy.

In 1929, Scull was selected as the inaugural recipient of Theta Chi fraternity's Reginald E.F. Colley Award, the highest award for a collegiate member which recognizes service to alma mater, fraternity, and chapter.

He was employed for 36 years in the personnel department of Hercules Inc.[10] He died in 1997 at Charlotte, North Carolina.