Ronald Charles George McCann (25 June 1913 – 15 February 1996) was a professional athlete and an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

[4] In March 1935, he won the 1935 Australasian Professional 600 Yards Championship by 5 yards;[5] his time, 1min 133⁄16secs, was only 13⁄16seconds outside the world record set by the champion quarter- and half-miler, John Denham "Jack" Fitt (1900-1985).

Having beaten the South Melbourne footballer and champion sprinter Austin Robertson in the heats,[6] and running off a handicap of 61⁄2 yards,[7] McCann won the 1936 Stawell Gift, "in the last stride",[8] in 12 4⁄16 seconds,[9][10][11] beating the schoolteacher and Glenelg wingman, Jack McCarthy (101⁄4 yards, second), the Footscray centreman, Bob Spargo Sr. (93⁄4 yards, third), and the Fitzroy half-back, Leslie Watt (101⁄2 yards, fourth).

McCann was granted a clearance from Castlemaine to Collingwood on Wednesday, 28 May 1936.

He served with the RAAF in Dutch New Guinea during World War II.