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Today in Baseball: Lou Gehrig plays his final game
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75 years later, Babe Ruth's hug means almost as much as Lou Gehrig's speech
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Passing of Lou Gehrig - Phi Delta Theta Museum
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April 30, 1939: Lou Gehrig plays his final game with Yankees – Society for American Baseball Research
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Lou Gehrig: Streak Consecutive Games Ends - Sports Illustrated NY Yankees News, Analysis and More
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Lou Gehrig's final years
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Lou Gehrig may not have really had Lou Gehrig's disease
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Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig kickstarted 1936 Yankees into era of dominance - Pinstripe Alley
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Lou Gehrig Memorial Award - Wikipedia
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Lou Gehrig, American Experience, Official Site
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I got an ULTRA RARE Lou Gehrig Day baseball at Camden Yards!
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Lou Gehrig, Biography, Statistics, Disease, & Facts
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Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig left Columbia for the Yankees because of financial pressure - The Washington Post