Gehrig, [Henry] Louis

Born: 1903 AD
Died: 1941 AD, at 38 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
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US baseball player

first baseman for New York Yankees 1925-1939

played in 2,130 consecutive games, record until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. 1995

victim and eponym of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

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