Frederick Lafavor Waters (born December 31, 1878 in Denver, Colorado) was an American football player and a starting quarterback for the University of Notre Dame. Waters assumed the role of starting quarterback at Notre Dame in 1897, after player-coach Frank Hering gave up the position to assume full-time coaching duties of both the football and basketball teams. He led the Irish to a record of 4-1-1 in his only season as a starter, including a 34-6 victory over Michigan State on Thanksgiving Day in the first ever meeting between the two schools.