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The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given annually to an MLB player who best exhibits the character and integrity of Gehrig, off and on the field. [106] The award was created by the Phi Delta Theta fraternity in honor of Gehrig, who was a member of the fraternity at Columbia University.
Baseball players (L/R) Jimmie Foxx with the Philadelphia Athletics, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig with the New YorkYankees, and teammate Al Simmons, circa between 1925 and 1932. Items portrayed in this file depicts
Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig with the New York Yankees at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, circa May 6, 1927. Items portrayed in this file
On June 2, 1941 Lou Gehrig would die; he was 37 years old. Let us be mindful of old people with ailments too.
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 ...
In 1934, the breakfast cereal Wheaties began the practice of including pictures of athletes on its packaging to coincide with its slogan, "The Breakfast of Champions." In its original form, athletes were depicted on the sides or back of the cereal box, though in 1958 Wheaties began placing the pictures on the front of the box.
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.
The photographers took pictures of Pirates' Manager Donie Bush and the Yankees' Miller Huggins shaking hands. The Babe was photographed with Huggins, Bush, Mayor Walker, Lou Gehrig, and the Waners. When the game started, Earle Combs hit the first ball Kremer threw and drove it deep to left field, where Clyde Barnhart caught it.