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Robert "Bob" Boyle (7 December 1876 – 10 September 1927) was an Australian rules footballer and umpire who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Boyle, a half back flanker in North Melbourne's 1903 VFA premiership team, was used as a centreman during his time at Carlton. In was in that position that he appeared in their 1904 Grand Final loss and after losing his place in the side just one match into the 1906 season, thus missing out on that year's premiership, Boyle retired at the end of the 1906 season.

He officiated in 59 VFL matches as a field umpire and 15 matches as a boundary umpire from 1907 to 1917. Boyle also field umpired xxx VCFL matches while on the VFL list. This was more financially rewarding than boundary umpiring and despite being appointed to the 1916 VFL Grand Final on the boundary he chose to field umpire the final of the Ariah Park Association. He was replaced on the boundary by Bill Roy. Boyle was one of the umpires at the 1908 Melbourne Carnival.

In 1912 and 1913 Boyle accepted lucrative contracts to field umpire finals in a number of Tasmanian leagues. Despite a number of cancelled matches Boyle so impressed that he was offered £6 per week to return for the 1914 season. . He took up the offer and was contracted to the Northern Tasmanian Football Association for the year. In addition to umpiring and coaching umpires his term with the NTFA also included coaching their representative football team to a win against the representatives of the southern Tasmanian leagues.

Boyle was a member of the first VFL Umpires' Association Executive Committee holding the office of honorary secretary for 1909-1910. . He was an unsuccessful applicant for the position of VFL umpires coach in 1923.