Gerald Sydney Halter, OC (April 18, 1905 – October 24, 1990) was a Canadian sports executive and lawyer.

He served as the first commissioner of the Canadian Football League from 1958 to 1966, and was president of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada from 1938 to 1946.

[citation needed] He was president of the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada from 1938 to 1946, succeeding Jack Hamilton.

[2] In 1988, he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.

In 2006, he was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.