Arthur Ellsworth Foote - Born January 3, 1874 in New Haven, Connecticut - Died August 27, 1946 in Englewood, New Jersey was a American Ice Polo player, Ice Hockey rover and tennis champion at Yale University.

Foote was a early ice polo player in Connecticut in the early 1890s, toured to Ottawa, Canada in 1894 with fellow ice Polo players, learned of the popularity of ice Hockey in Canada, and upon his return to the USA, became a member of the 1st Yale Hockey Club at Yale University for the 1895-96 season.

Foote would play just that 1 season of ice Hockey for Yale, graduating in 1896.

Foote, along with fellow ice polo/ice Hockey player Malcolm Chace were Yale and Div. 1 (NCAA) Doubles Champions in 1894 and 1895.

Foote was Yale singles champion 1892 to 1895.

At the start of the 1st World War Foote became a major, stationed in Washington D.C., and was placed in charge of all Army post exchanges. After the war he served successively in the War Department, the American Red Cross and Department of Commerce.