| Bruce Waite | |
| Birth Date: | 22 May 1946 |
| Originalteam: | Albury |
| Height: | 192 cm |
| Weight: | 92 kg |
| Statsend: | 1969 |
| Years1: | 1965–1969 |
| Club1: | Essendon |
| Games Goals1: | 48 (29) |
Bruce Waite (born 22 May 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the late 1960s.
A ruckman from Albury, Waite often played in a forward pocket for Essendon. He came off the bench as a reserve in Essendon's 1965 VFL Grand Final win over St Kilda to end his debut season in a premiership team.
Waite won the Ovens and Murray Football League best and Fairest award, the Morris Medal in 1972, playing for the Myrtleford Football Club.