Thomas Percival Pauling (26 April 1912 — 29 September 1978) was an Australian rugby union international.
Built powerfully, he won junior state championship titles in the javelin and shot put, while also playing fullback for the Combined All Schools 1st XV.
[1] Pauling, having recently moved into the back row, earned his first Wallabies call up in 1936 for the tour of New Zealand.
He suffered concussion in a collision during the match and injured an optic nerve, missing the final two Tests as a result.
The following year, Pauling was capped a second time, as a centre against the Springboks at the Sydney Cricket Ground.