| Birth Date: | October 5, 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Motherwell, Scotland, U.K. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 195 |
| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Detroit Red Wings Harringay Racers Wembley Lions |
| Career Start: | 1936 |
| Career End: | 1948 |
Robert Whitelaw (October 5, 1916 – October 6, 1972) was a Scottish-born Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 32 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1940–41 and 1941–42 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1936 to 1948, was mainly spent in the minor leagues. Whitelaw was born in Motherwell, Scotland, United Kingdom and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1934–35 | Winnipeg Rangers | MJHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Winnipeg Rangers | MJHL | 12 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1936–37 | Harringay Racers | ENL | — | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1937–38 | Harringay Racers | ENL | — | 8 | 4 | 12 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 50 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1939–40 | Indianapolis Capitals | IAHL | 67 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940–41 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940–41 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 24 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1941–42 | Providence Reds | AHL | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Providence Reds | AHL | 55 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1944–45 | Winnipeg RCAF | WNDHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Wembley Lions | EHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Providence Reds | AHL | 60 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Winnipeg Nationals | WSRHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| IAHL/AHL totals | 284 | 18 | 42 | 60 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| NHL totals | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||