Richard "Skeets" Gallacher (24 August 1925 in Renton, Scotland – 10 December 2013) was a Scottish boxer.
Richard was nicknamed "Skeets" after a film character of the day and had his first fight in 1942 weighing only 7 stones (44 kg).
Skeets went on to win 34 consecutive amateur contests and in doing so became Scottish and British Champion.
Defeats of French and American rivals later saw him crowned unofficial amateur flyweight champion of the world.
His professional career was cut short by injury, but he remained a well-respected figure still involved in later years in keep fit classes and local boxing clubs.