Henry Gehrig

Lou Gehrig.

Born	June 19, 1903 New York, New York
Died	June 2, 1941 Riverdale, New York

Known as the Iron Horse, his record of 2,130 consecutive games played stood for 56 years. Had hit 493 home runs when he retired in 1939 after developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, since nicknamed Lou Gehrig's Disease.

The repository contains one quote from Lou Gehrig.

Adversity • Classics

For the past two weeks, you’ve been reading about a bad break. Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for.