Robert Wales Emmons II (December 28, 1872 – April 18, 1928) was an American football player, coach, yachtsman, and millionaire.

[5] He served in the United States Navy during World War I, had the rank of lieutenant commander, and was assigned to organize the Naval Overseas Transport Service.

His accomplishments as a yachtsman include service as skipper and managing owner of the Resolute in its successful defense of the America's Cup in 1920.

At that time, J. P. Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt III asked Emmons to oversee the defense of the America's Cup set for 1914.

Emmons monitored the construction of the Resolute at Nathanael Greene Herreshoff's boatyard in the winter and spring of 1913 to 1914.

[12] Emmons and Charles Francis Adams III led the Resolute in its 1914 defense of the America's Cup, but the competition was terminated upon the outbreak of World War I. Emmons died at his summer home at Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, in April 1928.