Robert Peebles Kernan (July 18, 1881 – January 1, 1955) was an American football player and businessman.

[3][4] A newspaper story in 1902 called Kernan "one of the most remarkable college athletes in the world," and added the following about his gridiron talent: He is of ideal build for a plunging half-back, and the force with which he plunges into and tears through the center of the line is only little less dangerous to an opposing team than the speed with which he goes around the end.

He is the kicker of the university and in a game can punt from fifty to seventy yards.

[7] After graduating from Harvard in 1903, Kernan received a law degree from Columbia University and was admitted to the bar in 1906.

[8] In 1911, Kernan was involved in the formation of the Donnacona Paper Company in Quebec.