1. Gehrig - Noun
2. Gehrig - Proper noun
baseball player who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (1903-1941)
Source: WordNetWhy the fairy tale of Willie Mays making a brilliant World Series catch, and then dashing off to play stickball in the street with his teenage pals. That's baseball. So is the husky voice of a doomed Lou Gehrig saying, ‘I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth.' Ernie Harwell
It was funny, when I thought of it afterward, how Ruth and Gehrig looked as they stood there. The Babe must have been waiting for me to get the ball up a little so he could get his bat under it. Carl Hubbell
They didn't get along. Gehrig thought Ruth was a big-mouth, and Ruth thought Gehrig was cheap. They were both right. Tony Lazzeri
I'm not head-strong, and I'm not egotistical. I understand certain things better now. I won't be trying to be play everyday. There's only one Cal Ripken, one Lou Gehrig and one Joe DiMaggio. What is good for them isn't necessarily good for Eric Davis. Eric Davis
Baseball fans will have the chance to relive Gehrig’s life and career in the new Simon & Schuster book from author Alan D. Gaff called “Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir.” Source: Internet
Councilman John Gehrig said encouraging new homeownership would expand the tax base and achieve the goals of making Ocean City an affordable, livable year-round community and questioned if the proposals on the table went far enough. Source: Internet