Orrin Dean Griffing (1915 – 1998) was an American gridiron football player, coach, and executive. He played as a center and linebacker for the Kansas State University in 1933 and 1934,^[1][2] for the Regina Roughriders from 1936 to 1943, for Toronto Balmy Beach Beachers in 1944, and the Calgary Stampeders from 1945 to 1947; the last he also part owned.^[3] Griffing was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1965.^[3] He coached Saskatchewan during the mid-1950s.^[1][3] In 1960, Griffing became the first general manager of the Denver Broncos, selected in part because of his known and needed frugality.^[1][2][4] He was responsible for the team's brown and yellow uniform and socks, which he had bought secondhand from a high school all-star game.^[4] He later worked as special assignment scout for the Chicago Bears.^[2]

Griffing died in 1998 in Sarasota, Florida.^[2][5]