Jürgen Rumor (born 19 February 1945) is a former professional German footballer.

Rumor started his footballing career at 1. FC Köln, where he made 56 Fußball-Bundesliga appearances before moving to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. After 63 games, Rumor transferred to Hertha BSC. As a Hertha player, Rumor was implicated in the 1971 Bundesliga scandal and was accused of accepting a bribe to fix a match. On 23 January 1972, Rumor was fined 15,000 Deutsche Mark and given a lifelong ban from football by the German Football Association. He was later granted an amnesty and played a further 16 Bundesliga games for Tennis Borussia Berlin during the 1974–75 season.

See also Bundesliga scandal (1971)

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