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LATEST NEWS & STORIES. Major League Baseball announces details of the third annual “Lou Gehrig Day” commemoration to support the ALS community. Illuminated Stars known as “A Langs Star” to be displayed... Read More.
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Of all the players in baseball history, none possessed as...
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Photo Gallery Yankee first baseman Lou Gehrig watches from...
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Henry Louis Gehrig Jr. (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig Jr. / ɡɛərɪɡ /; [1] June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939).
Of all the players in baseball history, none possessed as much talent and humility as Lou Gehrig. His accomplishments on the field made him an authentic American hero, and his tragic early death made him a legend. Gehrig’s later glory came from humble beginnings. He was born on June 19, 1903 in New York City.
Henry Louis Gehrig (ur. 19 czerwca 1903 w Nowym Jorku, zm. 2 czerwca 1941 tamże) – amerykański baseballista w latach 20. i 30., zdobywca wielu rekordów w Major League, nazywany „The Iron Horse”. Gehrig został uznany za najlepszego pierwszobazowego wszech czasów przez Baseball Writers’ Association.
Gehrig was the Yankee captain from 1935 until his death in 1941. In 1969, he was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. In 1989, on the 50th anniversary of the end of his streak, he was honored with a United States postage stamp.
On June 2, 1941, the U.S. lost one of its greatest heroes, Lou Gehrig, to a disease that would become synonymous with his name. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), thereafter, would also be known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.
19 lip 2024 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), formerly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a neurological disease that affects motor neurons—those nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement.
