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Elliott Metcalf, Sports Writer

Elliott Metcalf, Sports Writer

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Print, Photographic

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2000.02.06

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Tacoma sportswriter Elliott Metcalf talks on the telephone. Best known for his “On the Lam” column, Metcalf was sports editor at the Tacoma Times before working as a sportswriter and columnist at The News Tribune. He also broadcast boxing matches. He covered the talented Pacific Lutheran College football teams of the 1930s and ‘40s and his writing helped the teams gain national attention.

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Sports Writers, Professional/Semi-Pro

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Metcalf, Elliott

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The News Tribune

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Tacoma Times

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"On the Lam"