T. Nelson Metcalf

{{short description|American football player, coach, and administrator}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = T. Nelson Metcalf

| image = File:Pete Fisher, Ted Withington, Tom Thorpe, Tilfer, Nelson Metcalf, Harry Fisher, Stimson (LOC).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Pete Fisher, Ted Withington, Tom Thorpe, Tilfer, Metcalf, Harry A. Fisher, Stimson at Columbia University in 1916

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|9|21}}

| birth_place = Elyria, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|1|17|1890|9|21}}

| death_place = Santa Barbara, California, U.S.

| alma_mater =

| player_sport1 = Football

| player_years2 = 1909–1911

| player_team2 = Oberlin

| player_positions = End, tackle

| coach_sport1 = Football

| coach_years2 = 1912

| coach_team2 = Oberlin (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1913

| coach_team3 = Oberlin

| coach_years4 = 1915–1917

| coach_team4 = Columbia

| coach_years5 = 1919–1921

| coach_team5 = Columbia

| coach_years6 = 1922–1923

| coach_team6 = Minnesota (assistant)

| admin_years1 = 1924–1933

| admin_team1 = Iowa State

| admin_years2 = 1933–1956

| admin_team2 = Chicago

| overall_record = 33–13–4

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships = 1 OAC (1913)

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

Thomas Nelson "Nellie" Metcalf (September 21, 1890 – January 17, 1982) was an American football and basketball player, track athlete, coach of football and track, professor of physical education, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Columbia University (1915–1917) as well as his alma mater, Oberlin College (1913, 1919–1921), compiling a career college football record of 33–13–4. From 1924 to 1933, Metcalf taught at Iowa State University in the physical education department and served as the school's athletic director. He then moved on to the University of Chicago, where he was the athletic director from 1933 to 1956. At Chicago, he replaced Amos Alonzo Stagg, who was forced into retirement at the age of 70 after 40 years of service as the school's athletic director and head football coach.{{cite news |title=Stagg Is Retired As Chicago Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/10/14/archives/stagg-is-retired-as-chicago-coach-university-invokes-age-rule-of-70.html |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=October 14, 1932 |access-date=October 25, 2010}}

While at Oberlin College, Metcalf played tackle on the football team and was also a successful two miles runner on the track and field team, once holding a conference record in that event.{{cite web |title=New Assistant Grid Coach at 'U' Has Had Brilliant Career |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-minneapolis-star-new-assistant-grid/159533743/ |publisher=The Minneapolis Star |access-date=22 November 2024 |page=6 |date=31 Jan 1922}}