Ralph Metcalfe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Metcalfe

Track and field sprinter and politician

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1910

Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Date of Death: 10-Oct-1978

Profession: politician, sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr.
(May 29, 1910 – October 10, 1978) was an American track and field sprinter and politician.
He jointly held the world record in the 100-meter dash and placed second in that event in two Olympics, first to Eddie Tolan in 1932 at Los Angeles and then to Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
Metcalfe won four Olympic medals and was regarded as the world's fastest human in 1934 and 1935.
He later went into politics and in the city of Chicago and served in the United States Congress for four terms in the 1970s as a Democrat from Illinois.