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Espn: Gehrig Legacy One of Irony

For Students 9th - 10th
Although he had a record setting baseball career, Lou Gehrig is most remembered for a speech he gave at Yankee Stadium after learning he had a career ending disease, ALS, which is now referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Lou Gehrig

For Students 9th - 10th
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 2000 to commemorate Lou Gehrig. With a short passage on his legendary baseball career playing for the New York Yankees.