Ron Rowles (12 February 1928 in Wollongong, New South Wales–3 June 2017) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, he was a goal-kicking wing whose club career was played with the Manly-Warringah for whom he set a number of point-scoring records in the 1950s.

[1] Originally a Wollongong / Illawarra junior, Ron Rowles was to become one of the greatest point scorers for Sydney's Manly-Warringah club.

[2] He scored a club record 30 points (4t, 9g) in a match against Canterbury in 1954.

He starred in a Possibles vs. Probables trial for the 1948-49 Kangaroos, but it was 'a travesty that he never played for his state or Australia'.

[3] He was the second highest point scorer in Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles history, scoring 842 points during his career at the club.