Frederick Peter "Eric" Cheape (November 23, 1885 – October, 1973) was a college football player.
Cheape was a prominent guard for the Sewanee Tigers football team of from 1907 to 1909. He was from Avon Park, Florida.
He was a member of the 1907 team, one of Sewanee's greatest.
He was selected All-Southern in 1909, a year in which Sewanee was conference champion.
After his college career he pursued business in Birmingham, Alabama.