Thanks! The claim sounded reasonable and I guess was correct for many years.
Gehrig had to sit out the 1921 football season at Columbia as a suspension for playing some semi-professional baseball in Hartford the preceding summer under an assumed name ("Lou Lewis" I believe). I do think he played in 1922.
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Originally Posted by cgjackson222
University of Michigan has George Sisler, Charlie Gehringer and Barrly Larkin.
USC produced Randy Johnson, and both Don Sutton and Tom Seaver also went there for a year.
Still pretty amazing that Columbia produced 3 HOFers.
Speaking of Lou Gehrig--not everyone knows what a well-rounded athlete he was. He had football scholarship to Columbia and was their pitching Ace. His greatest mound performance came on April 18, 1923, the same day that Yankee Stadium opened, in a game against Williams College. Gehrig struck out 17 batters, setting a school record that stands to this day.
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