Lou gehrig biography for kids
Luckiest Man: The Life and Death of Lou Gehrig -.
Lou Gehrig
Baseball player Born in - Died in
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Lou gehrig biography
His parents didn't want him to make a career of baseball. They thought it was a waste of time, but he loved the game. He was on his high school baseball team. A talent scout saw him and offered him a sports scholarshipin college.
The family didn't have much money because his father was ill.
His mother was a cook at the college, and Lou waited on tables to help pay his way.
He started playing for the New York Yankees in His parents scraped together $14 for him to make the trip to spring training camp in New Orleans.
When he got there, he started looking for a job, but the team paid him some money in advance.
Lou gehrig biography for kids
(They usually paid the players at the end of the training camp.) He was able to concentrate on practicing and improving his skills.
He improved so much that two different times, he was named American League Most Valuable player.
He was called the
"Iron Horse".
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