Tom Lawton Snr (16 January 1899 – 1 July 1978) was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative five-eighth who made 44 appearances for the Wallabies, played in 14 Test matches and captained the national side on ten occasions.

Born at Waterford, Queensland he entered Brisbane Grammar School in 1913 where he excelled at sport.

He represented the school in the first XI for four years, was captain in 1916 & 1917, adjudged best fielder in 1915 & 1916 and topped the batting average in 1917.

[2] He was selected to captain the Oxford side but was challenged for having played rugby league in his career.

When the British and Irish Lions toured Australia in 1930 he captained the Wallabies, Queensland and an invitational XV against them.

His representative career ended in 1932 aged 33 years after he led Australia and Queensland against the touring All Blacks.