Ralph Vernon Scott (September 26, 1894 – August 16, 1936) was an American football player and coach.

Scott was a member of the 1921 Chicago Staleys APFA Championship team.

In 1926 C. C. Pyle, began the AFL after a dispute with the NFL over the terms of granting himself a league franchise in New York City.

Pyle eventually hired Scott as a player-coach the Yankees for an undisclosed amount of money.

That year, he was selected to the All-Big Ten Conference football team and was a consensus All-American.