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LOU GEHRIG.

Currency:GBP Category:Collectibles Start Price:500.00 GBP Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP
LOU GEHRIG.
An autograph from Baseball legend Lou Gehrig in fountain pen. A native of New York City and attendee of Columbia University, Gehrig signed with the Yankees in 1923. He set several major league records during his career,including the most career grand slams (since broken by Alex Rodriguez)[ and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for 56 years and was long considered unbreakable until surpassed by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995. Gehrig's streak ended on May 2, 1939, when he voluntarily took himself out of the lineup to stunned fans after his play was hampered by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable neuromuscular disorder now commonly referred to in North America as Lou Gehrig's disease. The disease forced him to retire at age 36 and was the cause of his death two years later. The pathos of his farewell from baseball was capped off by his iconic 1939 "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium.

Condition

Good, with smudges. Supplied with PSA/DNA coa.