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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sport's No. 1 hero of 1939 is dimple-cheeked, piano-legged Lou Gehrig. Last spring, when a rare form of paralysis compelled First Baseman Gehrig to give up his beloved post after 15 years with the New York Yankees, U. S. sportswriters wreathed their columns with encomiums seldom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Immortal Gehrig | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

New York City's Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed Idol Gehrig to a ten-year term on the Municipal Parole Commission, to serve as an inspiration to delinquent boys. Rich George Ruppert, brother of the late owner of the Yankees, offered to sponsor the baseball career of a "second Lou...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Immortal Gehrig | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

While the Hall of Fame's curator prepared a niche for Immortal Gehrig's plaque alongside Immortal Babe Ruth's (his old teammate), a handful of U. S. high-school kids prepared last week to do-or-die for the Lou Gehrig Cup. Emblematic of the national...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Immortal Gehrig | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

First contestants: Miami High School, with a season's record of nine straight victories (over schools from five States), v. Garfield High School, New Jersey champions, two years undefeated.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Immortal Gehrig | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

For the past two years, Tennist Don Budge has been chosen as the No. 1 athlete of the U. S. In 1936 it was Sprinter Jesse Owens; in 1935 it was Boxer Joe Louis. Last week the 60 U. S. sportswriters from whom the Associated Press culls the annual vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sixty-Minute Man | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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