African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Action image of Ralph Metcalfe at the start of a sprint, wearing a Marquette University track singlet. The sepia print features an inscription by Metcalfe to Edmund S. Carpenter, Marquette University's director of public relations: "My Sincere...
College sports; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Oil painting of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe mid-run. The frame (not shown in this image) states: "Ralph Metcalfe: World's Fastest Human." There is a tear in the canvas.
African American athletes; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races
Marquette University sprinter Ralph Metcalfe (middle lane) wins 220-yard dash final at NCAA championship at the University of Chicago. Metcalfe's time of 20.5 set a new world record. (L-R) Peyton Glass of University of Oklahoma A & M, H. Thomton of...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Action image of Ralph Metcalfe at the start of a sprint, wearing a Marquette University track singlet. The sepia print features an inscription by Metcalfe to Edmund S. Carpenter, Marquette University's director of public relations: ""My Sincere...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Action photograph of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe in Marquette University singlet starting a sprint. An inscribed version of the same print is cataloged as MUA_RM_00075.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Track and field athletes;
Marquette sprinters Ralph Metcalfe and Paul Phillips stand a top a medal stand, with unidentified athletes from Notre Dame and Michigan State. Six trumpet players in riding boots and britches, and metal helmets, flank the four athletes.
Marquette sprinter Ralph Metcalfe, in white singlet, crossing finish line ahead of three other runners on an indoor wooden track. Emmett Toppino of Loyola University of New Orleans claims second place. Another view of this finish is depicted in...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Track and field athletes;
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe completes a sprint, observed by three boys standing on the track infield at Marquette University Stadium. Metcalfe's head is thrown back and he is raising both of his hands above his head.
African American athletes; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races
Marquette University sprinter Ralph Metcalfe (middle lane) wins 220-yard dash final at NCAA championship at the University of Chicago. Metcalfe's time of 20.5 set a new world record. (L-R) Peyton Glass of University of Oklahoma A & M, H. Thomton of...
African American athletes; Coaches (Athletics) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University -- Track and field
Marquette track coach Conrad Jennings shakes hand of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe as he boards a train leaving the Northwestern Railroad Station in Milwaukee for the 1932 Olympic Track and Field Trials.
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe crossing the tape ahead of Heye Lambertus, University of Nebraska, and Peyton Glass (Oklahoma A & M, in the final leg of the 880 relay race at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium.
African American athletes; Drake Relays -- History; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Ralph Metcalfe (second from left) wins the 100 yard dash at the Drake Relays. The track stadium is filled to capacity. Note by Archivist: This and other prints of this image available at other repositories was reversed during the photographic...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Action photograph of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe in a dark Marquette singlet and white shorts. The photographic print is severly cropped, isolating Metcalfe in a narrow, vertical image.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Page from the 1932 'Hilltop' student annual, featuring five halftone images depicting highlights of the track season. Clockwise from upper left: Art Ravensdale, hurdler; Michigan sprinter Eddie Tolan and Marquette's Ralph Metcalfe; javelin thrower...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field
Cartoonists' sketch of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe in a Marquette track singlet crossing tape, with the caption: "Ralph Metcalfe. Marquette University's remarkable sprinter, who is a hot favorite to defend his success - fully his two national...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Track and field athletes;
Olympian John J. Brennan Sr. (London Games 1908), in business attire, with sprinter Ralph Metcalfe (Los Angeles and Berlin Games, 1932 and 1936) at Marquette Stadium. Brennan's two young sons are also in the photograph, one in knickers, the other...
Newsclipping from The St. Louis Post-Dispatch about miler Glenn Cunningham and sprinter Ralph Metcalfe winning races in Stockholm, Sweden. The article features images of both athletes.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field
Unidentified newsclipping with the caption: "Ralph Metcalfe, sensational Marquette university [sic] dash star, ties the recognized world's record of 9.5 seconds for the 100 yard dash last night in the Marquette-Wisconsin track meet in Milwaukee,...
African American athletes; Amateur Athletic Union of the United States; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe breaks tape just ahead of Jesse Owens at the AAU National Track & Field Championships at Marquette University Stadium. Two other sprinters are behind the leaders.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Track and field athletes;
Cal Becket dances for teammates Ralph Metcalfe and Jim Jessel. Another teammate (center) is unidentified but may be John E. Rooney. Beckett and Metcalfe are both wearing Marquette University lettermen sweaters. The last names of the athletes...
African American athletes; Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.); Track and field athletes;
Medalists at the 1932 Olympic Games (L-R) Gold medalist Eddie Tolan, silver medalist George Simpson, bronze medalist Ralph H. Metcalfe. The men are wearing U.S. Olympic Team track suits and appear to be holding their medals.
College sports; Marquette University -- Track and field;
The "M Club Award" for Ralph Metcalfe. The plaque was prepared for Metcalfe's induction into the Marquette University Athletic Hall of Fame. The wooden plaque includes a black-and-white photograph of Metcalfe and metal adornments. This plaque is...
Marquette University -- Football;
Cotton Bowl Game, Dallas, Tex. -- History
Marquette football player Ralph Kuhn, 1938. Kuhn, a 196-pound tackle from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was a member of the team that played in the first Cotton Bowl. In 2011 the team was inducted into the Marquette Athletic Hall of Fame.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; Running races;
Ralph Metcalfe wins sprint at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium, raising his arm as he crosses the finish line. Unidentifed runners, one from Notre Dame, place second and third. Art Ravensdale of Marquette placed fourth. ...
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe crossing the tape ahead of Heye Lambertus, University of Nebraska, and Peyton Glass (Oklahoma A & M, in the final leg of the 880 relay race at the Central Intercollegiate track meet at Marquette Stadium.
African American athletes; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Running races; Marquette University -- Track and field
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe, face slightly blurred, crosses finish line ahead of W. Murray from Illinois State Normal, J. Brooks of the University of Chicago, Lafayette of Michigan State University, Roan of Oklahoma Baptist, Fazekas of Ohio, in a...
African American athletes; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Running races; Marquette University -- Track and field; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago)
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe wins 220-yard preliminary, ahead of (L-R) Lafayette from Michigan State University, Adamson from the University of Iowa, Peyton Glass from Oklahoma A & M, E. Meyer of the University of Texas, and Renwick of the University of...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Running races;
Marquette sprinter Ralph Metcalfe wins race against five other competitors at 1932 NCAA Championship, held at the University of Chicago. Other sprinters in the image include (inside land to outside lane): Don Bennett of Ohio State, Harold Thomton...
Track and field athletes; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Full standing view of Marquette sprinter Ralph Metcalfe (far left), with hurdlers Jack Keller (Ohio State) and George Saling (Iowa), and middle distance runner Glenn Cunningham (Kansas), at the 1932 NCAA championship and semi-finals for the Olympic...
Track and field athletes; NCAA Track and Field Championship (1932 : Chicago); Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.); Track and field; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Marquette sprinter Ralph Metcalfe poses with hurdlers Jack Keller (Ohio State) and George Saling (University of Iowa), and middle-distance runner Glenn Cunningham (University of Kansas) at the NCAA championship meet at the University of Chicago. ...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe in a business suit, standing in front of various team pictures and trophies in the photographer's office, just prior to Metcalfe's departure for the 1932 Olympic Track and Field Trials.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Ralph Metcalfe, wearing a dark business suit and tie, standing near track and field trophies and team photographs, in the photographer's office. Image made just prior to Metcalfe's departure for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Ralph Metcalfe in street clothes standing on the infield at Marquette Stadium, just prior to his departure for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Sprinter Ralph Metcalfe standing on track wearing his Marquette University track uniform, prior to departing for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Page from the 1932 'Hilltop' student annual, featuring five halftone images depicting highlights of the track season. Clockwise from upper left: Art Ravensdale, hurdler; Michigan sprinter Eddie Tolan and Marquette's Ralph Metcalfe; javelin thrower...
African American athletes; Marquette-Alumni and alumnae; Marquette University -- Track and field; Olympic Games (10th : 1932 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Page from the 1933 Hilltop yearbook, featuring five halftone images depicting images of and about sprinter Ralph Metcalfe. From top (clockwise): at a reception with members of the Marquette Alumni Association; Milwaukee's city hall building with...
African American athletes; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Ralph Metcalfe wearing a dark suit and cap, standing on track infield at Marquette Stadium, just prior to departing for the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials.
African American athletes; Coaches (Athletics) -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee; Marquette University -- Track and field
Marquette track coach Conrad Jennings shakes hand of sprinter Ralph Metcalfe as he boards a train leaving the Northwestern Railroad Station in Milwaukee for the 1932 Olympic Track and Field Trials.
African American athletes; Track and field; Marquette University -- Track and field;
Ralph Metcalfe center, flanked by two athletes from Pittsburg (Kansas) Teachers College at Marquette Stadium. Delbert White is to the left of Metcalfe and Laurence Swisher is to the right.