Arthur Cockcroft

2nd Lt. Arthur Clarence Cockeroft (1892 – 1 July 1916) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at club level for Knottingley Welfare ARLFC (in Knottingley, Wakefield) and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 206), playing as a  or , i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4. He signed for Wakefield Trinity on the same day as Jonty Parkin.

Cockcroft was employed as a schoolteacher prior to World War I. He was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, while serving with the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.