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Lou Gehrig set several Major League and American League records and was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association. His record for most career grand slam home runs still stands today. He was a native of New York City, and played for the New York Yankees until his career was cut short by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now commonly referred to in the US as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Gehrig was known as The Iron Horse for his durability. Over a 15 season span between 1925 and 1939, he played in 2,130 consecutive games. The streak was broken when Gehrig became disabled with the fatal disease that claimed his life two years later. His streak, long believed to be one of baseball's few unbreakable records, stood for 56 years until finally broken by Cal Ripken, Jr., of the Baltimore Orioles on September 6, 1995.
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Added: 19th August 2007
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Posted By: Naomi |
 
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I've seen some pretty tough guys cry at the end of Pride of the Yankees.
The movie version of Gehrig's farewell speech is different from the real version, though. One interesting point: most diseases that bear people's names (such as Parkinson's Disease or Bright's Didease) are named after the doctors who diagnosed them. Lou Gehrig's disease is the only disease I know named after an afflicted person.
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