Lou Gehrig
Date Submitted: 10/13/2004 07:08:36
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 3 pages (764 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / People
Length: 3 pages (764 words)
Lou Gehrig was born and raised in New York City, the son of German immigrant parents. His full name
was Henry Louis Gehrig. After graduating from high school, he attended Columbia University where he
became a football and baseball star. Lou's father directed him to becoming a pro baseball player. He
became sick and needed on operation, but there was no money for doctors and hospital expenses in the
family budget, so young Lou quickly …
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…had my share
of good things in life. With all the good I've had, today, I consider myself to be the luckiest man on the face
of this earth."
Less than two years later Lou Gehrig was dead at age 38. A nation mourned for him. Baseball's
Hall of Fame immortalized him. His locker in the Yankee's club house was turned into a shrine. No Yankee
ever again wore Gehrig's famed number 4 on a baseball uniform.
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