| Position: | Offensive tackle |
| Birth Date: | 17 September 1919 |
| Birth Place: | Madero, Texas, U.S. |
| Draftyear: | 1941 |
| Draftround: | 6 |
| Draftpick: | 45 |
| College: | Mississippi State |
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| Statlabel1: | Games played |
| Statvalue1: | 11 |
| Statlabel2: | Games started |
| Statvalue2: | 9 |
| Pfr: | TripJo20 |
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John Robert Tripson (September 17, 1919July 6, 1997) was a professional American football offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL). He played one season for the Detroit Lions, who drafted him in the sixth round of the 1941 NFL Draft.[1]
He received the Navy Cross for gallantry in the invasion of North Africa in World War II, along with fellow former NFL player Robert Halperin.[2]