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May 30, 1910: Ralph Metcalfe Born Learn More Suggested Readings World Record Breakers in Track & Field Athletics by Gerald Lawson (Paperback - May 1997) “Ralph Metcalfe.” U.S. Track and Field Hall of Fame: http://www.usatf.org/HallOfFame/TF/showBio.asp?HOFIDs=108 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress: http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000675 Ralph Metcalfe on Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6412431 Ralph Metcalfe on Sports Reference: http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/ralph-metcalfe-1.html Black Americans in Congress: http://baic.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=62 www.todayingeorgiahistory.org May 30, 1910: Ralph Metcalfe Born Image Credits Ralph Metcalfe Marquette University Image courtesy of Marquette University Special Collections and Archives Ralph Metcalfe GmbH German press photo, Press-Photo, GmbH Ralph Metcalfe and Jesse Owens Associated Press Image courtesy of the Associated Press, 340630017 Ralph Metcalfe and Jesse Owens Library of Congress Courtesy of New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division Ralph Metcalfe Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Courtesy of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame Ralph Metcalfe Associated Press Courtesy of the Associated Press, 3208030290 Ralph Metcalfe Associated Press Courtesy of the Associated Press, 3608101105 Ralph Metcalfe Associated Press Courtesy of the Associated Press, 320611012 Ralph Metcalfe Marquette University Image courtesy of Marquette University Special Collections and Archives www.todayingeorgiahistory.org May 30, 1910: Ralph Metcalfe Born Image Credits Ralph Metcalfe Marquette University Image courtesy of Marquette University Special Collections and Archives Ralph Metcalfe Marquette University Image courtesy of Marquette University Special Collections and Archives Ralph Metcalfe Library of Congress Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-97570 Ralph Metcalfe Marquette University Image courtesy of Marquette University Special Collections and Archives Ralph Metcalfe California Historical Society Image courtesy of the California Historical Society Collection, USC Special Collections 1932 Olympic gold Medal David Eskenazi Collection Courtesy of the David Eskenazi Collection, accessed on www.sportspressnw.com 1936 Olympic Medal Colorado State University Accessed on Colorado State University's photostream on flickr.com www.todayingeorgiahistory.org .

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