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Before the game began, the Briggs Stadium announcer told the fans, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is the first time Lou Gehrig's name will not appear on the Yankee lineup in 2,130 consecutive games." The Detroit Tigers' fans gave Gehrig a standing ovation while he sat on the bench with tears in his eyes. [ 56 ]
It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, who died a year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease".
Eleanor Grace Twitchell Gehrig (née Twitchell; March 6, 1904 – March 6, 1984) [1] [2] was an American philanthropist, socialite, sports executive, and memoirist, known as the wife of American baseball player Lou Gehrig. After Gehrig's death she continued to promote his legacy and contribute to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig ...
Gehrig was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare nervous system disorder that would later be nicknamed “Lou Gehrig’s disease” in 1939 and died at the age of 37 in 1941. Loft area
On this day in 1933, Lou Gehrig became baseball's Iron Man, breaking the record for most consecutive games played with 1,308. Ripken broke the record in 1995, and will likely hold it for decades ...
DiMaggio made his Major League debut on May 3, 1936, batting ahead of Lou Gehrig in the lineup. The Yankees had not been to the World Series since 1932 , but they won the next four World Series. Over the course of his 13-year Major League career, DiMaggio led the Yankees to nine World Series championships, where he trails only Yogi Berra (10 ...
Ten years later, Lou Gehrig was named captain, serving for the remainder of his career. After the death of Gehrig, then manager Joe McCarthy declared that the Yankees would never have another captain. [4] The position remained vacant until team owner George Steinbrenner named Thurman Munson as captain in 1976. [5]
Eighty years after he was laid to rest, Lou Gehrig's Westchester grave could soon see more visitors, thanks to Lou Gehrig Day across baseball.