| Ron Irwin | |
| Fullname: | Ronald Leslie Irwin |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1923 |
| Originalteam: | Glen Ormond (Victorian Junior Amateur Association) |
| Height: | 185 cm |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
| Position: | Full back |
| Statsend: | 1947 |
| Years1: | 1943–47 |
| Games Goals1: | 51 (0) |
Ronald Leslie Irwin (23 October 1923 – 18 August 2009) was a former Australian rules footballer who played 51 games as number 3 with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1943 to 1947.[1]
Irwin was recruited from Glen Ormond in the Victorian Junior Amateur Association.[2] He also played in the football team of the engineering firm Kelly and Lewis from 1941 to 1943.[3] [4]
In 1950, Irwin was appointed captain-coach of Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association, after missing over 2 years of football due to a knee injury.[5] After playing as a utility player and filling most key positions on the ground in 1950, he retired at the start of the 1951 season, due to a recurrence of his knee injury.[6]