Ralph Wells

{{Short description|American basketball player (1940–1968)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ralph Wells

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|9|3}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

| death_date = {{death date and age|1968|8|2|1940|9|3}}

| death_place = Chicago, Illinois

| nationality = American

| high_school = Marshall (Chicago, Illinois)

| college = Northwestern (1959–1962)

| draft_year = 1962

| career_number = 23

| career_position = Guard

| years1 = {{nbay|1962|start}}

| team1 = Chicago Zephyrs

| years2 = 1962

| team2 = Pittsburgh Rens

| highlights =

• Second-team All-Big Ten (1961)
• Third-team All-Big Ten (1962)

}}

Ralph E. Wells (September 3, 1940 – August 2, 1968) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Chicago Zephyrs in the National Basketball Association for three games during 1962–63 after a collegiate career at Northwestern University.{{cite web| title =Ralph Wells NBA stats| website =Basketball Reference| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/w/wellsra01.html| accessdate = February 25, 2024}} He shot 0-for-7 in free throw attempts in his NBA career.

Wells also played for the Pittsburgh Rens in the American Basketball League before the league folded in December 1962. On August 1, 1968, Wells drowned.{{cite news|title=Rens Sign Ralph Wells|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51098905|newspaper=Warren Times-Mirror|date=November 12, 1962|page=11|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 14, 2014}}{{Open access}}