Record-setting sprinter Ralph Metcalfe attended Marquette University in Milwaukee from 1932-1936. 

Metcalfe took the silver medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in a photo finish against Eddie Tolan. He won silver again in Berlin in the 1936 Olympics, finishing just behind track legend Jesse Owens. Metcalfe went on to a career in politics, first as an alderman in Chicago and then in the U. S. Congress, representing the state of Illinois.

via: Ralph Metcalfe, The Olympic Years, 1932-1936, Marquette University Libraries

Source: cdm16280.contentdm.oclc.org

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