Gehrig, (Henry Louis) Lou (b. Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig)

(1903–41) baseball player; born in New York City. Baseball's "iron horse," the left-handed first baseman played in a major league record 2,130 consecutive games during his 17-year career with the Babe Ruth-led New York Yankees (1923–39). Twice named the American League Most Valuable Player (1927, 1936), he posted a .340 lifetime batting average and slammed 493 career homeruns (including 23 grand slams, a major league record). His career and incredible games-played streak came to an end when he was afflicted with the incurable disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (now also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease"). His emotional farewell to baseball in 1939, in which he proclaimed himself "the luckiest man on the face of this earth" was powerfully portrayed in the 1942 film, Pride of the Yankees, starring Gary Cooper. In 1939, Gehrig was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

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Known as the "Iron Horse" during his baseball career, Gehrig, who was initiated into Phi Delta Theta while studying at Columbia University, displayed a never-give-up attitude after being stricken with ALS, continuing to inspire those around him.

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The effort comes despite opposition from Mayo Clinic, which holds the medical records of Gehrig, and doubt from experts, that the records alone would be able to prove the cause of the player's death.

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In order to ascertain an accurate RBI record for Lou Gehrig, I applied the most rigorous approach: obtaining the complete details for every run scored by the Yankees in all games Gehrig played.

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The ball belonged to a great uncle who caught Gehrig's drive to the stands at a 1928 World Series Game.

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Gehrig, M.D., 92, who was director of the American Hospital Association's Washington office from 1970 to 1980, died recently at his home in North Oaks, Minn.

Deaths

In telling the story of New York Yankees star Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper), the movie often follows standard procedure for a profile--chronicling the highlights and establishing a signature "hook," a pivotal trait or event that helps define the subject.

Everybody loves Lou (and Coop, too): "The Pride of the Yankees," with populist prototype Gary Cooper playing Lou Gehrig, the iconic iron horse, still has the ability to make grown men cry

A peer-reviewed paper published last week suggests that the demise of athletes like Lou Gehrig and soldiers given a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) might have been triggered by injuries only now becoming understood.

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25 Years--and optimism

Gehrig is affiliated with the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

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