Wade Stinson (born 1926 or 1927; died March 2001) was an American football halfback and athletic director for the Kansas Jayhawks.

Stinson suffered a serious injury in World War II, including the loss of one finger and mangling of three others. After skin, nerve and tendon grafting, he enrolled at Kansas, played sparingly as a sophomore in 1948, and lettered as a second stringer in 1949. As a senior in 1950, he ranked fifth nationally in rushing yards (1,129 yards) and eleventh in scoring (84 points). His total of 1,129 yards was a Kansas school record until broken by Gale Sayers in 1963.

Stinson returned to his alma mater as athletic director from 1964 to 1972.