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1. www.als.org › understanding-als › lou-gehrigLou Gehrig and the History of ALS | The ALS Association

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   The Yankees designated July 4, 1939, “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day” at Yankee Stadium, and honored its former first baseman for his sportsman-like behavior and dedication to the game. On that day, nearly 62,000 fans listened to Gehrig give his famous speech where he deemed himself “the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”

2. www.lougehrig.comHome - Lou Gehrig

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   Facebook-f Instagram LOU GEHRIG Awards Stats Biography FAREWELL SPEECH “Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and […]

3. www.biography.com › athletes › lou-gehrig-disease-alsHow Lou Gehrig Fought the Deadly Disease Named After Him

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   Jun 21, 2022 · Lou Gehrig's symptoms first surfaced in his mid 30s. As described in Jonathan Eig's Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig, the first signs of trouble surfaced ahead of the 1938 season.

4. www.ninds.nih.gov › health-information › disordersAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) | National Institute of ...

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   Apr 10, 2024 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), formerly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disorder that affects motor neurons, the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement and breathing. As motor neurons degenerate and die, they stop sending messages to the muscles, which causes the muscles to weaken ...

5. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 314143/2018/04The Good Boy of Baseball: The final days of Lou Gehrig

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   Apr 16, 2018 · Apr 16, 2018. Seventy-seven years ago, Lou Gehrig’s life was swiftly ebbing. The body that had been so strong, so muscular and so capable of magnificent feats on a baseball diamond, was being ...

6. sabr.org › bioproj › personLou Gehrig – Society for American Baseball Research

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   Barrow offered Lou a contract that paid him a $1,500 bonus and $400 a month, a veritable fortune to the impoverished Gehrigs. Lou accepted the deal, happy to be able to earn money and not terribly sad about leaving a college where he’d made few ties. So he signed the contract, and Lou Gehrig was a New York Yankee.

7. www.baseball-reference.com › bullpen › Lou_GehrigLou Gehrig - BR Bullpen - Baseball-Reference.com

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   6 days ago · Lou Gehrig's reputation as an American baseball star is perhaps only overshadowed by his untimely death from the disease that would take his name. Gehrig was among the greatest hitters in baseball history, combining outstanding batting average (.340), power (493 home runs and 1995 RBIs ), patience (1508 walks ), and surprising speed (163 ...