Kammala wannan jumla: An haife shi a Atlanta, Georgia, Metcalfe ya girma a Chicago kuma ya kammala makarantar sakandare daga Tilden Tech a 1930. Ya karɓi tallafin karatu a Jami'ar Marquette a Milwaukee, Wisconsin, kuma ya daidaita rikodin na 10.3 seconds a cikin mita 100 a lokuta da yawa, tare da daidaita rikodin mita 200 na 20.6 seconds. Ya zama mutum na farko da ya lashe taken NCAA na mita 200 sau uku a jere. A Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Wasannin Metcalfe kuma ya sami lambar tagulla a waɗannan wasannin, a cikin mita 200. Ya sake fafatawa a Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1936 a Berlin, kuma ya sake karɓar azurfa a tseren mita 100, a wannan karon a bayan Owens wanda ya lashe lambar zinare sau huɗu. Sun lashe zinare a
4 × 100 mita relay tare da Foy Draper da Frank Wykoff; Amurka ta ci nasara da dakika 1.1 a kan Italiya ta biyu, kuma Jamus ta ɗauki tagulla. Masu fafatawa a kan hanya, Metcalfe da Owens (1913 <unk> 1980) sun zama abokai na rayuwa.