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Larrupin' Lou....
Show a Lou card if you would like to...and if it's Larrupin' Lou, all the better. This is a photo card, as I call it, from 1929....from our BST not too long ago...
and from our Wiki friends... Henry Louis "Lou" or "Buster"[1] Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941) was an American baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, a trait which earned him his nickname "The Iron Horse". He finished with a career batting average of .340, an on-base percentage of .447, and a slugging percentage of .632, and he tallied 493 home runs and 1,995 runs batted in (RBIs). A seven-time All-Star[2] and six-time World Series champion, Gehrig won the Triple Crown in 1934[3] and was twice named the American League's (AL) Most Valuable Player. Gehrig was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired, and he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. A native of New York City and attendee of Columbia University, Gehrig signed with the Yankees in 1923. He set several major league records during his career,[4] including the most career grand slams (23) (since broken)[5] and most consecutive games played (2,130), a record that stood for 56 years and was long considered unbreakable until surpassed by Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1995.[6] Gehrig's streak ended in 1939 after he was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disorder now commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease in North America,[7] which forced him to retire at age 36 and claimed his life two years later. The pathos of his farewell from baseball was capped off by his iconic "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at the original Yankee Stadium. .
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Leon Luckey Last edited by Leon; 04-18-2014 at 01:29 PM. |
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That's a great pose of Lou with the car, Leon. I like how he's still wearing his mitt, too.
Last edited by CW; 10-13-2014 at 04:57 PM. |
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Here's on of my favorites.
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Very nice cards guys, thanks for sharing. Here are a few more scarcer photo-cards....
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Last but not least....
My one and only remaining pre-war card. My favorite Lou.
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bnm
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Lou is one of my all time favorites. All around great person.
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Wow...what a beauty.
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John Otto 1963 Fleer - 1981-90 Fleer/Donruss/Score/Leaf Complete 1953 - 1990 Topps/Bowman Complete 1953-55 Dormand SGC COMPLETE SGC AVG Score - 4.03 |
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Great stuff guys. Keep it coming.
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Thanks John.
Wow Ruben, superb example there. |
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Thanks Dean. Love the eye appeal on yours.
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