https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7 Thomas Goldberg en-us 2018-04-13 16:42:57 UTC 2025-12-10 18:16:26 UTC hello@padlet.com tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/251644341 On June 19,1903 in NYC Lou Gehrig was born. Lou was the son of Heinrich and Christina Gehrig. Lou had 3 siblings Anna, Sophie, and his brother that didn't live long enough to be named. All of Lou's siblings didn't live passed 1 years old. Lou was shy as a kid and couldn't make friends easily, his shyness and his clumsiness at games led to neighborhood children teasing him. He loves baseball, he went to everyone of the new York giants games (sooner or later the giants name turned into the Yankees) In 1908 when Lou was 5 the Gehrig's left the German haven of Yorkville for an area of Manhattan called Washington Heights. At Lou new school his shyness became a problem again. The kids called him chicken heart and often wouldn't let him play in the schoolyard games. Lou went to high school called Commerce. His first year in high school  he didn't play on any of the teams.]]> 2018-04-13 16:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/251644341 tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252241536 Lou Gehrig had a couple of obstacles in his life. All of his siblings died at a young age. He had ALS and he still played in his baseball games but sooner or later it got worse and he had to stop, he played until he was too sick to play. Lou grew up poor.]]> 2018-04-16 16:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252241536 tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252249274 In college he played for a minor league team in Hartford,Connecticut. He signed with the Yankees in 1925. He went to Columbia University. Lou played baseball and football. In 1923 Lou replaced Wally Pipp at first base. Lou married Eleanor Twitchwell in 1933.  Lou played in 2130 consecutive games, this was the record until Cal Ripken broke the record in 1995. In 1928 he started to get sick and wasn't doing as well at first base. In 1938 he was diagnosed with ALS. In may of 1939 he retired from baseball because he couldn't control his muscles and had to retire. In 1941 on June 2 he passed away. Years after he died they called ALS Lou Gehrig's disease.        ]]> 2018-04-16 17:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252249274 tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252665698 2018-04-17 16:42:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252665698 tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252669887 Lou made it to the MLB and he was a successful baseball player for the New York Yankees. He was the player with the most RBI's. Lou Gehrig made it into the hall of fame. He scored 100 runs,184 RBI's,triple crown 49 home runs,360 batting average,won 6 world series. He made a famous speech "today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth". The Yankees retired his number.]]> 2018-04-17 16:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252669887 tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252676663 Risk taker- conquered your problem and prove something
He played baseball while he was diagnosed with ALS and played through the pain. He inspired his fans through speech and he believed he got a bad break and had bad luck and he is still the luckiest man because he had a family. Yankees left locker empty out of respect until it was taken to Cooperstown. They retired his number 4. They put him on a stamp. They gave his wife the first base from original Yankee Stadium.  ]]> 2018-04-17 17:02:21 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/252676663 tgoldberg https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/253522892                 Lou
Brave,athletic,risk taker Anna and Sophie Gehrig   Loves baseball,family
Feels respected,lucky
Needs competition,challenges
Gives courage,inspiration
Fears discrimination 
Would like to see a cure for ALS
Resident of Yorkville,NYC
Gehrig  ]]> 2018-04-19 16:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/tgoldberg/eg356e2xqpc7/wish/253522892