| James G. Arbuthnot | |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Hubbell, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Roseville, California, U.S. |
| Coach Years1: | 1911–1917 |
| Coach Team1: | Oregon Agricultural |
| Coach Years2: | 1920 |
| Coach Team2: | Oregon Agricultural |
| Admin Years1: | 1906–1918 |
| Admin Team1: | Oregon Agricultural |
| Overall Record: | 10–3–3 (dual meet) |
| Championships: | 4 Northwest (1913, 1915–1917) 1 PCC (1920) |
James G. Arbuthnot (December 31, 1883 – December 2, 1964) was an American collegiate wrestling coach, athletics administrator, and physical edication professor. He was the head wrestling coach at Oregon Agricultural College—now known as Oregon State University–from 1911 to 1917 and in 1920. In eight seasons at Oregon Agricultural, he compiled a 10–3–3 dual meet record and won five conference championships.[1] Arbuthnot was also the athletic director at Oregon Agricultural from 1906 to 1918.
Arbuthnot was born on December 31, 1883, in Hubbell, Nebraska, where he received his early education.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington. He also did postgraduate work in physical education at Harvard University and Columbia University.[3]
Arbuthnot was a phsyical director for the YMCA in Aberdeen, Washington and a class leader for the YMCA in Portland, Oregon. In 1909, he was appointed assistant phsyical director for Portland's YMCA.[4]
Arbuthnot was also a professor of physical edication at Oregon State. He died on December 2, 1964, at the Roseville Hospital in Roseville, California.[3]