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{{Short description|American athlete and politician (1910–1978)}}
{{for|people with a similar name|Ralph Metcalf (disambiguation){{!}}Ralph Metcalf}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Ralph Metcalfe
|image        = RalphHMetcalfe1977.jpg
|state        = [[Illinois]]
|district     = {{ushr|IL|1|1st}}
|term_start   = January 3, 1971
|term_end     = October 10, 1978
|predecessor  = [[William L. Dawson (politician)|William Dawson]]
|successor    = [[Bennett Stewart]]
|office1      = Member of the [[Chicago City Council]] from the [[3rd ward, Chicago|3rd Ward]]
|term_start1  = April 1955
|term_end1    = December 1970
|predecessor1 = [[Archibald Carey Jr.]]
|successor1   = [[Tyrone Kenner]]
|birth_name   = Ralph Harold Metcalfe
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1910|5|29}}
|birth_place  = [[Atlanta]], Georgia, U.S.
|death_date   = {{death date and age|1978|10|10|1910|5|29}}
|death_place  = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
|restingplace = [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Worth, Illinois)|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]]
|party        = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse       = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Gertrude Pemberton|1937|1943|end = divorced}}
* {{marriage|Madalynne Young|1947}}
}}
|children     = 1 son
|education    = [[Marquette University]] ([[Bachelor of Philosophy|BPhil]])<br>[[University of Southern California]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
|allegiance   = United States
|branch       = United States Army
|serviceyears = 1942–1945
|rank         = First Lieutenant
|battles      = [[World War II]]
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'''Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr.''' (May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field [[sprint (running)|sprint]]er and politician. He jointly held the [[list of world records in athletics|world record]] in the [[100 metres|100-meter dash]] and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to [[Eddie Tolan]] in 1932 at [[1932 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles]] and then to [[Jesse Owens]] at the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Olympics]] in [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]. Metcalfe won four Olympic medals and was regarded as the world's fastest human in 1934 and 1935.<ref name=mtqgor>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rHlQAAAAIBAJ&pg=1973%2C1979762 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=Marquette track got Metcalfe off 'n' running |last=Bochat |first=Rel |date=October 11, 1978 |page=1, part 2 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725085128/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rHlQAAAAIBAJ&pg=1973,1979762 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He later went into politics in the city of Chicago and served in the [[United States Congress]] for four terms in the 1970s as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] from [[Illinois]].

==Track and field career==
Born in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, Metcalfe grew up in Chicago and graduated high school from [[Tilden High School (Chicago)|Tilden Tech]] in 1930.<ref name=rtanlt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9J9QAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998%2C1261744 |newspaper=Milwaukee Journal |title=Ralph Metcalfe set high school records right and left |last=Kuechle |first=Oliver E. |date=March 21, 1933 |page=4, part 2 |archive-date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=October 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725080036/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9J9QAAAAIBAJ&pg=4998,1261744 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He accepted a track [[Athletic scholarship|scholarship]] to [[Marquette University]] in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]], and equaled the record of 10.3 seconds in the 100&nbsp;m on a number of occasions, as well as equaling the [[200 metres|200 m]] record of 20.6 seconds. He became the first man to win the [[NCAA]] 200&nbsp;m title three times consecutively.<ref>[http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/track_outdoor_champs_records/2006/MD1.pdf 2006 NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results and Records ]. [[NCAA]] (2006). Retrieved on May 11, 2022.</ref>

At the [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles, he virtually dead-heated with his rival [[Eddie Tolan]], with the gold medal awarded to Tolan only after extended study of the photograph; both recorded a time of 10.38 seconds in the [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 meters]]. Metcalfe also earned a bronze medal at these games, in the [[Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 meters]].

He competed again at the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin, and again took silver in the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 meters]], this time behind four-time gold medalist Owens. They won [[Olympic Gold Medal|gold]] in the [[Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 meter relay]] with [[Foy Draper]] and [[Frank Wykoff]]; the U.S. won by 1.1 seconds over runner-up Italy, and Germany took bronze. Fierce rivals on the track, Metcalfe and Owens became lifelong friends.<ref name="aftlfe">{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/10/18/a-fathers-life/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |last=Muwakki |first=Salim |title=A Father's Life: Ralph Metcalfe Sr. |date=October 18, 1999 |access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>

===Olympic controversies===
==== 1932 ====
Metcalfe was convinced to the end of his life that the 100 m should have been awarded as a tie between him and Eddie Tolan: "I have never been convinced I was defeated. It should have been a tie."<ref name="fmoe">Duncanson, Neil, "The Fastest Men on Earth", Andre Deutsch, 2011</ref> Film evidence and that of observers of the race seem to support Metcalfe's verdict. The [[USA Track and Field|AAU]] later changed their rules to have the winner being the first athlete to cross the line not merely breast the tape. It was the latter that Tolan was judged to have done first. The AAU went further and awarded the race as a tie but the [[International Olympic Committee]] has never agreed to this change. They maintain the result stands because the judges decided in line with the rules at the time that Eddie Tolan's entire torso had passed the finish line on the ground before Metcalfe's.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9346834/Eddie-Tolan-beats-Ralph-Metcalfe-in-Olympics-100-metres-1932-LA.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718202909/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/great-olympic-moments/9346834/Eddie-Tolan-beats-Ralph-Metcalfe-in-Olympics-100-metres-1932-LA.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |newspaper=The Telegraph |title=Great Olympic Moments: Tolan beats Metcalfe after dead heat at 1932 Games |last=Henderson |first=Jon |date=June 26, 2012}}</ref> In addition, even though credited with same time as Tolan, 10.3 s, a time that equaled the then world record, Metcalfe's time was never ratified as a world record.

In the 200 m, Metcalfe was embroiled in further controversy. Observers at the time claimed the marking for his starting holes were 3–4 feet behind where they should have been. Others claimed this discrepancy was the result of an optical illusion because George Simpson in the lane outside cut his holes on the outside of his lane whilst Metcalfe used the inside of his. In any case, Metcalfe was offered a re-run but refused because he feared the United States would not be able to repeat its 1–2–3.<ref name="telegraph"/>

==== 1936 ====
[[File:Olympic sprinters Owens Metcalfe and Wykoff 1936.jpg|thumb|Metcalfe (center) with Jesse Owens and Frank Wykoff on the deck of the S.S. ''Manhattan'' as the team sailed for Germany in 1936]]
In the sprint relay, Metcalfe became involved in a controversy not of his own making. Originally the United States chose for the relay the athletes who had come 4th to 7th in the trials. Two of these athletes, [[Sam Stoller]] and [[Marty Glickman]], were replaced with Metcalfe and Jesse Owens allegedly because the former were Jewish. Metcalfe and Owens were undoubtedly the superior sprinters but they had not done the relay baton practice and the switch went against established practice.<ref name="fmoe"/>

Whilst all world attention was on [[Jesse Owens]] winning the gold in the 100 m it is often ignored that Metcalfe won the silver in an equally outstanding performance.

===United States Championships===
Metcalfe was United States Champion at 100 m between 1932 and 1934 (and was 2nd in 1935–36) and at 200 m between 1932 and 1936.<ref name="uschamps">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=1 |magazine=Track and Field News |title=A History Of The Results Of The National Track & Field Championships Of The USA From 1876 Through 2014 |access-date=January 4, 2015 |archive-date=April 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425225141/http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/tafn-presults?list_id=36&sex_id=M&event_id=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In all he won 16 national titles at the AAU Championships, NCAA Championships and Final Olympic Trials.<ref name="fmoe"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/nc/usai.htm |title=UNITED STATES INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN) |publisher=www.gbrathletics.com |access-date=January 12, 2015}}</ref>

===World records===
Metcalfe 16 times broke or equaled world record times at various distances. However, only 5 of these were ever officially ratified by the athletics governing body, the [[IAAF]]. The ratified times were:<ref>Imre Matrahazi (ed.). Progression of IAAF World Records 2011 Edition. IAAF Athletics. p. 500.</ref>
* equaled the world record for 100 m of 10.3 s on:
** August 12, 1933 in Budapest, Hungary.
** September 15, 1934 in Nishinomiya, Japan.
** September 23, 1934 in Darien, Japan.
* equaled the world record for 200 m (straight course) of 20.6 s on August 12, 1933 in Budapest, Hungary.
* broke the world record for the 4 × 100 m relay with 39.8 s on August 9, 1936 (United States 1936 Olympics team of [[Jesse Owens]]-Metcalfe-[[Foy Draper]]-[[Frank Wykoff]]).

==Military and political career==
After earning his bachelor's degree at Marquette in 1936, Metcalfe completed a master's degree at the [[University of Southern California]] in Los Angeles in 1939. Metcalfe taught political science and coached track at [[Xavier University of Louisiana|Xavier University]] in [[New Orleans]], recruiting athletes to the university like [[Jimmie McDaniel]] and [[Herb Douglas]]. He served in the [[Transportation Corps|transportation corps]] of [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in [[World War II]], rising to the rank of [[First lieutenant#U.S. Army.2C U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force|first lieutenant]] and awarded the [[Legion of Merit]] medal. After the war, he moved back to Chicago and later headed the state's athletic commission.

In 1955, Metcalfe won the first of four elections as an [[Chicago City Council|alderman]] representing the [[South Side (Chicago)|South Side]] of Chicago. He ran for an open seat in Congress in [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1970#Illinois|1970]] as a Democrat and was easily elected from Illinois' first district. The seat had been filled for 28 years by [[William L. Dawson (politician)|William L. Dawson]], who was retiring at age 84 due to poor health and then died less than a week after the 1970 election. Metcalfe was a co-founder of the [[Congressional Black Caucus]] (CBC) in 1971 and later was noted for breaking ranks with Chicago mayor [[Richard J. Daley|Richard Daley]] after incidents of police brutality.

==Death==
[[File:Grave of Ralph Harold Metcalfe (1910–1978) at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL.jpg|thumb|right|Metcalfe's grave at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]]

While running for re-election in [[1978 United States House of Representatives elections|1978]], Metcalfe died from a heart attack at his South Side apartment on October 10, at the age of 68. He had previously had a heart attack in 1967.<ref>{{cite news|title = Ralph Metcalfe dead: Congressman, 68, climbed the ranks|newspaper = [[Chicago Tribune]]|date = October 11, 1978|page = 1}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Metcalfe married Gertrude Eva Pemberton on June 9, 1937, at St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas.<ref>[https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/131147365:9168 Gertrude Pemberton in the Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records]. Accessed via ancestry.com paid subscription site 15 January 2024.</ref> They divorced in Los Angeles, California in 1943. Metcalfe married Madalynne Fay Young in 1947,<ref name=chtriwf>{{cite news |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1999/01/21/madalynne-y-metcalfe/ |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |title=Madalynne Y. Metcalf |date=January 21, 1999 |access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref> and they had one son, Ralph Metcalfe Jr., a [[blues]] music historian.<ref>[https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-10-18-9910180155-story.html A Father's Life]. By Salim Muwakkil. Chicago Tribune. Published 18 October 1999. Accessed 15 January 2024.</ref>

Metcalfe was a member of [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternity]], [[Alpha Sigma Nu]] honor society, the [[Knights of Peter Claver]], and Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Chicago's [[Douglas, Chicago#Bronzeville|Bronzeville]] neighborhood.<ref name=mulsblog>{{cite web |url=http://law.marquette.edu/facultyblog/2010/09/21/another-little-known-fact-ralph-metcalfe-was-a-marquette-law-student-at-least-for-a-while/ |publisher=Marquette University Law School |title=Another little-known fact: Ralph Metcalfe was a Marquette law student (at least for a while) |last=Hylton |first=J. Gordon |date=September 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 24, 2014}}</ref> He had converted to [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]] in 1932, while an undergraduate at Marquette.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://catholicism.org/the-conversion-stories-of-knute-rockne-and-ralph-h-metcalfe.html |website=Catholicism.org |last=Metcalfe |first=Ralph H. |title=A Race Well Run |date=1938 |accessdate=March 24, 2014}}</ref><ref name=kmdrs>{{cite journal |url=http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2006/11/illinois_hall_o_11.html |last=Rhoads |first=Mark |title=Illinois Hall of Fame: Ralph Metcalfe |date=November 13, 2006 |access-date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
A federal office building in Chicago (at 77 W. Jackson Blvd.) was named for Metcalfe upon its completion in 1991.<ref name="fedbldg">{{cite web |title=Ralph H. Metcalfe Federal Building |url=http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101887 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100730180444/http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/101887 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 30, 2010 |access-date=March 24, 2014 |publisher=U.S. General Services Administration}}</ref>

Metcalfe was inducted into the [[National Track and Field Hall of Fame]] in 1975 and named a member of the President's [[Commission on Olympic Sports]].

In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including interviews with Metcalfe's son, was documented in the film ''[[Olympic Pride, American Prejudice]]''.<ref name="Henderson 2016">{{cite web |last=Henderson |first=Odie |date=August 5, 2016 |title=Olympic Pride, American Prejudice movie review (2016) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/olympic-pride-american-prejudice-2016 |access-date=April 11, 2021 |website=RogerEbert.com}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe
| votes = 42575
| percentage = 71.05
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = A. A. Rayner, Jr.
| votes = 17,346
| percentage = 28.95
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 59921
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe
| votes = 93272
| percentage = 90.96
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Janet Roberts Jennings
| votes = 9,267
| percentage = 9.04
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 102539
| percentage = 100.0
}}
{{Election box end}}
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district Democratic primary, 1972<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 61927
| percentage = 99.99
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 9
| percentage = 0.01
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 61936
| percentage = 100.0
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1972<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 136755
| percentage = 91.39
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Louis H. Coggs
| votes = 12,877
| percentage = 8.61
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 2
| percentage = 0.00
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 149634
| percentage = 100.0
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district Democratic primary, 1974<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 45789
| percentage = 100.0
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| votes = 45789
| percentage = 100.0
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1974<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 75206
| percentage = 93.74
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Oscar H. Haynes
| votes = 4,399
| percentage = 5.48
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
| candidate = [[Willie Mae Reid]]
| votes = 620
| percentage = 0.77
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 80225
| percentage = 100.0
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district Democratic primary, 1976<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 56101
| percentage = 71.81
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{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Erwin A. France
| votes = 22,028
| percentage = 28.19
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 78129
| percentage = 100.0
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district general election, 1976<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 126632
| percentage = 92.30
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = A. A. Rayner, Jr.
| votes = 10,147
| percentage = 7.40
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Workers' Party
| candidate = Debra Simonsen
| votes = 211
| percentage = 0.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
| candidate = Andrew C. Pulley
| votes = 198
| percentage = 0.14
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{{Election box write-in with party link no change
| votes = 5
| percentage = 0.00
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 137193
| percentage = 100.0
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| title = Illinois's 1st congressional district Democratic primary, 1978<ref name=ILSBE />
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Ralph H. Metcalfe (incumbent)
| votes = 26814
| percentage = 100.0
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 26814
| percentage = 100.0
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==See also==
*[[List of African-American United States representatives]]
*[[List of members of the United States Congress who died in office (1950–1999)]]

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/METCALFE,-Ralph-Harold-(M000675)/ U.S. House of Representatives history: Ralph Metcalfe]
*[http://www.gomarquette.com/hallfame/marq-hallfame.html#Metcalfe Marquette University Athletics Hall of Fame]
*[http://cdm16280.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/search/collection/p128701coll5/searchterm/Ralph%20Metcalfe/order/title Marquette University, Raynor Memorial Libraries] – digital archives – Ralph Metcalfe
*[http://metcalfecollection.org/index.html Metcalfe Collection.org]
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