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Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir by Alan D. Gaff (book cover)

9. Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth, New York Yankees (1928) Ruth went 10-for-16 with three doubles and nine runs scored. He homered three times in Game 4. Gehrig reached base 12 times in 17 plate appearances with four home runs and drove in nine runs. Gehrig's 1.727 slugging percentage is the best in World Series history.  Home run king Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees and Lou Gehrig, June 1927 in New York. (AP Photo)

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Lou Gehrig was a seven-time All-Star, a Triple Crown winner, three-time MVP and six-time World Series champion with the New York Yankees when his career was cut short in 1939 after being diagnosed with amotrophic lateral sclerosis, an incurable disase that is now commonly know as Lou Gehrig's disease. He passed away two years later.

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6. Lou Gehrig (1923-1939) renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait that earned him his nickname "The Iron Horse". He was an All-Star seven consecutive times,a Triple Crown winner once, an American League MVP twice, and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career .340 batting average, .632 slugging average, and a .447 on base average. He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 RBIs. In 1939, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired by a team

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The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - Directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, and Walter Brennan. It is a tribute to the legendary New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, who died only one year before its release, at age 37, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which later became known to the lay public as "Lou Gehrig's disease". Though subtitled "The Life of Lou Gehrig", the film is less a sports biography than an homage to a heroic and widely loved sports figure whose tragic and premature death touched the entire nation. It emphasizes Gehrig's relationship with his parents, his friendships with players and journalists, and his storybook romance with the woman who became his "companion for life," Eleanor. Details of his baseball careerwhich were still fresh in most fans' minds in 1942are limited to montages of ballparks, pennants, and Cooper swinging bats and running bases, though Gehrig's best-known major league record2,130 consecutive games playedis prominently cited. Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey play themselves, as does sportscaster Bill Stern. The film received 11 Academy Award nominations. Its climax is a re-enactment of Gehrig's poignant 1939 farewell speech at Yankee Stadium. The film's iconic closing line"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"was voted 38th on the American Film Institute's list of 100 greatest movie quotes.

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The Pride of the Yankees (1942) - This moving biographical drama follows the life of revered baseball player Lou Gehrig (Gary Cooper). Championed by sportswriter Sam Blake (Walter Brennan), Gehrig eventually gets recruited by the New York Yankees, joining a team of heavy hitters that includes the legendary Babe Ruth. When Gehrig marries his spirited sweetheart, Eleanor (Teresa Wright), things look up for him, but he is soon sidelined by a terrible illness that he bravely tries to battle.

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New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig at bat in 1935. No other caption information available. (AP Photo)

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New York Yankees legend Lou Gehrig wipes away a tear while giving his famous retirement speech during a sold-out tribute at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. Gehrig, who set the standard by playing in 2.131 consecutive games, had his record-breaking career cut short by Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. (associated press)

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Babe Ruth, right, immortal New York Yankee baseball player comforts Lou Gehrig, who was almost too moved to speak to the vast throng which acclaimed him at Yankee Stadium July 4, 1939 where the Yankees met the Washington Senators in a doubleheader. Gehrig, famed iron man of the Yankees, was honored by players and fans. As an added honor, the world championship flag that the Yankees won in 1927 with a team hailed as one of baseball's greatest was unfurled at the stadium. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)

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Pouring it on for Lou Gehrig and others. (AP Photo/Murray Becker)

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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 1938 file photo, New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig scores the first run of the 1938 World Series against the Chicago Cubs as he crosses home plate in the second inning of Game 1 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. A dozen years before Babe Ruth’s famed ‘Called Shot,’ teammate Lou Gehrig hit an equally dramatic homer. Gehrig was 17 when his high school team traveled to Chicago to take on a Chicago team. In the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and his team down 8-6, Gehrig hit a ball over wall and onto Sheffield Avenue to win the game. The historic ballpark will celebrate it's 100th anniversary on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/File)

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ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MARCH 31 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Oct. 5, 1938 file photo, New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig scores the first run of the 1938 World Series against the Chicago Cubs as he crosses home plate in the second inning of Game 1 at Wrigley Field in Chicago. A dozen years before Babe Ruth’s famed ‘Called Shot,’ teammate Lou Gehrig hit an equally dramatic homer. Gehrig was 17 when his high school team traveled to Chicago to take on a Chicago team. In the bottom of the ninth, with two outs and his team down 8-6, Gehrig hit a ball over wall and onto Sheffield Avenue to win the game. The historic ballpark will celebrate it's 100th anniversary on April 23, 2014. (AP Photo/File)