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Lou Gehrig is Born
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Gehrig attends Columbia University
He was banned from playing baseball because her was playing in a professsional league, and began playing football in 1922 -
Gehrig signs with the New York Yankees
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Gehrig was the Yankees starting 1st baseman
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Voted MVP
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Won the Triple Crown of Baseball
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Voted MVP
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Begins showing 1st signs of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's Disease
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Gehrig's streak of of consecutive games played ends at 2,130