Bruce Franklin Petway (born Nashville, Tennessee on December 23, 1885 - died Chicago, Illinois on July 4, 1941) was a Negro league catcher in the early 20th century who came to be known as having one of the best throwing arms in the league. He is also said to have been one of the first to have consistently thrown to second base without coming out of the squat. Baseball writers Harry Daniels and Jimmy Smith both put Petway on their 1909 "All-American Team" saying as a catcher he was "the greatest since Arthur Thomas's time."