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                                                          Lou Gehrig
                                                       Baseball Player
                                                  Born 1903 - Died 1941

1.  What team did Lou Gehrig begin playing for in 1923?

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2.  How was he able to play that first year without also holding an outside job?

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3.  What was his nickname on the baseball team?

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4. Amazingly,  how many years and how many games did he play without missing a game?

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5.  How is it possible to establish such a record?

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6.  What is the short name and the long name for the disease  that killed him?

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7.  How does the disease affect a person?

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8.  What event happened on July 4, 1939 in Yankee Stadium?

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9.  How did Lou Gehrig describe himself at that event?

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10.  What does it mean if a person's character is "above reproach"?

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11.  How must a person act in order to be described with the words above?

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Biography at gardenofpraise.com