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Lou was considered to be one of the greatest players of all time in baseball. Despite his parents contradiction with him pursuing the sport, he still pushed for it and ended up with a baseball scholarship. In 1923, he began playing for the New York Yankees.

He was recognized to be the American League Most Valuable Player which gave him the nickname the “Iron Horse”. He was able to play for a total of 14 years without missing any single game. He played for 2,000 games – a record which no one was able to break for five decades.

He quit baseball when he found out he had a spinal disorder called ALS.

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