The reason why Lou Gehrig got amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is undetermined. Some people say he got it by not missing games while he was ill.
Lou Gehrig's parents were immigrants from Germany and Lou was born in the Yorkville section of New York.
Lou gehrig was a member of the New York Yankees and he was a famous baseball player but he got really ill of a disease called Amythropic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) so he died
1939
Yes, he was. "Larrupin' Lou" along with "The Iron Horse" were a couple of Lou Gehrig's nicknames.