Ralph Curtis Shalless (28 January 1923 – 27 October 2006) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne and Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

[1] Shalless played for Melbourne reserves from 1940 and finally made his league senior debut in 1943.

Shalless was the Melbourne reserves vice-captain in 1946 and made another senior appearance late in the season.

[5] In 1948 Shalless returned to the VFL, this time playing with Hawthorn.

Shalless went on to Morwell in 1950 and won the Central Gippsland Football League Reserves best and fairest in 1951,[6] 1952 [7] and 1953!