Excellent interview! Other than his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium I never heard him talk. 'Pride of the Yankees' starring Gary Cooper is one of the greatest biographical and sports movies ever made.
Some say athletes aren't real heroes. For this man to deliver that farewell speech at Yankee Stadium, knowing he was dying makes him a hero in my book.
He played the entire 1938 season with ALS... still hit 295, 29 Home Runs and 105 RBIs. Those numbers were a considerable decline for Lou The Yanks went on to win the world series that year and Lou only managed 4 singles in that series. He realized something was wrong but could still field his position. At the beginning of the 1939 season Lou had difficulty fielding his position, batted below 200, only had a couple of a singles and hit no home runs... his power was gone.. so he benched himself after one month and went to the Mayo clinic where he was diagnosed with ALS and given a year or two to live. He died in June of 1941. A terrible tragedy for the greatest and most courageous Yankee who ever lived.
I prefer the original definition of hero. A person who acquires courage, intelligence, and strength and has risked and sacrificed his life for the dignity and well being of others. Dr. Albert Schweiyzer, Mother Teresa, Stefan Kawalski and others are real heroes. Some military people who have died directly trying to save his comrades qualify. No athlete, entertainer, and very few politicians are heroes because of their occupation. Many in those fields have indeed performed heroic acts, but not on the performance of those jobs. Audie Murphy was a hero who became an actor, along with many others, afterward.
@@johnrains8409 I can see your point. You might consider Jackie Robinson a hero for enduring the threats to his life and all the other pressures of breaking the color barrier in baseball
@@johnrains8409 If you read my post I describe Lou as the most courageous Yankee....not comparing him to war heroes. There are always small people like you looking for an argument. I dont care what you think about athletes in sports, or any other group of people.
Great interview by the Iron Horse Lou Gehrig. He was also nicknamed Columbia Lou. He went to Columbia University also. Smart, athletic and all-time great man! My favorite old time Yankee! Plus, Lou Gehrig wanted to play against black ball players when he was playing. He thought it would be good for the sport, which he was right. Too bad he never got a chance to hit against black pitcher Satchel Paige and such do to the racism of the times. That would have been great to see! Thanks for the upload.
When I was a student at Columbia University in NYC, I worked in the transcript office and I was able to see his transcripts, Lou was a good student, too bad he was not able to finish his education, but he did quite well for his family and himself, the world was robbed of a great man because of ALS.
Funny hearing his New York accent. He sounds like more mature and worldly than I would have thought--like we're hearing a politician. I think we always have an image of him as the naive kid sidekick to Ruth. Sure a lot better interview you get from most athletes. I bet had he lived, he would have made a superb manager.
@@johnmoore6853 he attended there because his mother worked there. He was no dummy, you're correct, but it's misleading to portray him as a modern IV Leaguer.
@johnmoore6853 he had a masters degree in being a mama's boy. Definitely something psychological in that his mother had (I believe 3) pregnancies not last to adulthood. I could be wrong on the number, but Lou was babied in a way that affected his maturity and his relationship with his wife Eleanor. But yeah, engineering is always impressive lol he probably was smart enough to recognize the relationship between baseball and physics. But he was also jacked. Especially for the era.
This was a GREAT man! He didn’t have to run his mouth to bring attention to himself. His ball play and personal life were impeccable! Who knows how much greater he would’ve been if ALS hadn’t cut his career and life short! Henry Louis Gehrig RIP!
@@eta2380in what way are Gehrigs numbers as impressive as Ruths? Please be specific. And we’ll just forget that Ruth was a HOF caliber pitcher and stick to hitting.
@P99-v6n trust me, I've read about the Dead Ball era my whole life. Men with part time jobs and no knowledge of macronutrients weren't the athletes we have today.
German American Gehrig likes German American Honus Wagner, but he was right. Gehrig said he was tight as drum before a World Series Game but then loosened up when the game started. He sure did. I believe he and Reggie Jackson have the highest slugging percentage for multiple series players.
He said them in that order lol. Tho he didn’t rank them. One Played for the fans (Ruth) one played for himself (Cobb) and Wagner was a complete unselfish ball player.
Clearly intelligent and articulate. He would have only seen Cobb in Cobb's last 2 seasons and he wouldn't have seen Wagner at all. As for Ruth He might have added: "Ruth would be my clear number 1 if he hadn't had sex with my wife. I'm pretty sure Cobb never had sex with my wife and I'm quite sure Wagner didn't. So, it may be personal bias on my part, but I subtract a few points from Ruth for having had sex with my wife. It was very upsetting at the time".
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a class act & an inspiration to all humanity
Sweet Lou. We miss you mightily. You were loved and are still loved.
"Sweet Lou" is Lou Whitaker, not Gehrig, LMAO
@@jtom1309Wrong again but close Sweet Lou Pinella.
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Excellent interview! Other than his farewell speech at Yankee Stadium I never heard him talk. 'Pride of the Yankees' starring Gary Cooper is one of the greatest biographical and sports movies ever made.
I like hearing Lou speak, he was one of the greatest.
A genuine Hero and gentleman 😊
Great interview. No wonder he was so good; in addition to being a great athlete, he was also a very smart guy. RIP
He went to Columbia.
Wow-- Lou was sharp. Here is a guy giving nuanced answers in print-ready paragraphs.
A very well spoken man. I heartily agree with his views. Especially about night baseball being for the owners benefit. Thanx for a wonderful video!
Some say athletes aren't real heroes. For this man to deliver that farewell speech at Yankee Stadium, knowing he was dying makes him a hero in my book.
He played the entire 1938 season with ALS... still hit 295, 29 Home Runs and 105 RBIs. Those numbers were a considerable decline for Lou The Yanks went on to win the world series that year and Lou only managed 4 singles in that series. He realized something was wrong but could still field his position. At the beginning of the 1939 season Lou had difficulty fielding his position, batted below 200, only had a couple of a singles and hit no home runs... his power was gone.. so he benched himself after one month and went to the Mayo clinic where he was diagnosed with ALS and given a year or two to live. He died in June of 1941. A terrible tragedy for the greatest and most courageous Yankee who ever lived.
I prefer the original definition of hero.
A person who acquires courage, intelligence, and strength and has risked and sacrificed his life for the dignity and well being of others. Dr. Albert Schweiyzer, Mother Teresa, Stefan Kawalski and others are real heroes. Some military people who have died directly trying to save his comrades qualify. No athlete, entertainer, and very few politicians are heroes because of their occupation. Many in those fields have indeed performed heroic acts, but not on the performance of those jobs. Audie Murphy was a hero who became an actor, along with many others, afterward.
@@johnrains8409 I can see your point. You might consider Jackie Robinson a hero for enduring the threats to his life and all the other pressures of breaking the color barrier in baseball
@@carymiller2403 Agreed. One can see the selfish side of it easily, but that he was sacrificing for the "gtreter" good is also obvious.
@@johnrains8409 If you read my post I describe Lou as the most courageous Yankee....not comparing him to war heroes. There are always small people like you looking for an argument. I dont care what you think about athletes in sports, or any other group of people.
Great interview by the Iron Horse Lou Gehrig. He was also nicknamed Columbia Lou. He went to Columbia University also. Smart, athletic and all-time great man! My favorite old time Yankee! Plus, Lou Gehrig wanted to play against black ball players when he was playing. He thought it would be good for the sport, which he was right. Too bad he never got a chance to hit against black pitcher Satchel Paige and such do to the racism of the times. That would have been great to see! Thanks for the upload.
Great post. In addition to being an outstanding ballpayer, he was a man of great character,. Certainly no "dumb jock", this man.
Iron horse for sure, he was a man amongst boys out there.
What a class act
The legendary Iron horse! Best first baseman ever imo.
Much more erudite & sophisticated sounding than I'd have imagined.
He was very well educated. A Columbia man.
Studied engineering at Columbia.
Fascinating. I couldn’t help but smirk at the $10 per year. That wouldn’t get you a pack of smokes in NYC nowadays.
Great interview.
Intelligent man.
When I was a student at Columbia University in NYC, I worked in the transcript office
and I was able to see his transcripts, Lou was a good student, too bad he was not able to finish his education,
but he did quite well for his family and himself, the world was robbed of a great man because of ALS.
Lou also played football for them and that probably had an effect on his GPA.
@@Michael-xk3sp Absolutely!, If his mom was not sick, he probably would have graduated.
Lou Gehrig = all of the listed 3
Mr. Gehrig was very well spoken.
Lou Gehrig's numbers are very impressive. A true first ballot HOF.
He is still the best first baseman of all time in MLB.
Priceless, thanks for posting this
Funny hearing his New York accent. He sounds like more mature and worldly than I would have thought--like we're hearing a politician. I think we always have an image of him as the naive kid sidekick to Ruth. Sure a lot better interview you get from most athletes. I bet had he lived, he would have made a superb manager.
He attended Columbia an Ivy League School. He was no dummy.
@@johnmoore6853 he attended there because his mother worked there. He was no dummy, you're correct, but it's misleading to portray him as a modern IV Leaguer.
@@JackieDaytona1776 OK that's fair. But he was an engineering major. Not Basket Weaving... 😂
@johnmoore6853 he had a masters degree in being a mama's boy. Definitely something psychological in that his mother had (I believe 3) pregnancies not last to adulthood.
I could be wrong on the number, but Lou was babied in a way that affected his maturity and his relationship with his wife Eleanor.
But yeah, engineering is always impressive lol he probably was smart enough to recognize the relationship between baseball and physics.
But he was also jacked. Especially for the era.
That's the lengthiest stretch of convo I've heard yet from Lou Gehrig. His New Yawk accent really comes thru. Great stuff!
This was a GREAT man! He didn’t have to run his mouth to bring attention to himself. His ball play and personal life were impeccable! Who knows how much greater he would’ve been if ALS hadn’t cut his career and life short! Henry Louis Gehrig RIP!
What a fun interview
Great interview!!!
Wrong Lou, you were better than the three players mentioned IMO. Also, listen how intelligent and well spoken he is. What a guy!
you maybe the only baseball fan in america that thinks that way , check out those 3 players stats
@@Michael-hq1iq hardly the only
@@Michael-hq1iq I just did and Gehrig’s numbers are just as impressive if you consider that he played less games / years
@@eta2380in what way are Gehrigs numbers as impressive as Ruths? Please be specific. And we’ll just forget that Ruth was a HOF caliber pitcher and stick to hitting.
You won't find a bigger Gehrig fan than me. And I'll give you Wagner - but Ruth and Cobb were better than Gehrig.
Fantastic
This is gold.
Great interview
Ruth, Cobb and Wagner.
Your Welcome!
Honus represented a more difficult era of baseball. Much respect
They threw like 68 mph
@@JackieDaytona1776 Read up Dead Ball era
@P99-v6n trust me, I've read about the Dead Ball era my whole life. Men with part time jobs and no knowledge of macronutrients weren't the athletes we have today.
This is Fabulous! Thanks for posting it:) What year was this interview???
Lou Gehrig was the best ball player of all-time imagine if he played 7 more years ? what records he would've had
Fantastic. Thank you.
German American Gehrig likes German American Honus Wagner, but he was right. Gehrig said he was tight as drum before a World Series Game but then loosened up when the game started. He sure did. I believe he and Reggie Jackson have the highest slugging percentage for multiple series players.
He also liked German-American Babe Ruth, who could speak German pretty well, too.
I think if you made an all-time team even today, Ruth Gehrig and Wagner still make the team
And I think even today most people would agree for pre WWII players.
I wonder what he would think of the All-Star game today. Good interview.
His indelible speech will stand the test of time
I realize his stats were before modern era but gee whiz what stats he put out in comparison to his peers!
The Great Great Lou Gehrig
WOW, GREAT JOB
This interview shows how articulate he was.
#4 The Iron Horse.
Lou was well spoken. Believe he went to.Yale. Larrupin' Lou & the Sultan of Swat. An era we won't see again. Aaron Judge is a throwback.
He went to Columbia U
I would guess Lou said "Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, & Honus Wagner."
He said them in that order lol. Tho he didn’t rank them. One Played for the fans (Ruth) one played for himself (Cobb) and Wagner was a complete unselfish ball player.
What an intelligent man.
Any idea when this interview was given by Lou? Sounds like he's already retired due to what we all know, but his voice still sounds great.
Henry Lou Gehrig 😀
Dimaggio, Williams, and Lou..
Times have changed
Big Train. On my team
Lou Gehrig attended Columbia University.
Who was the interviewer ?
Tyrus Raymond Cobb 💪🏼
I'm surprised at Mr. Gehrig's list, I thought Willie Mays, Alex Rodriguez, and Shohei Ohtani would be there
Thank you for the laugh! 😂
Wow, anyone know what year this was?
Lou, why did you hit clean-up and not the Babe?
Ask Miller Huggins--he set the lineup.
Where can I find him?
and nowadays, they'd probably bat 2 and 3.
So the Babe would ALWAYS bat in the first inning. The fans came to see the babe
Watch this! The best ball player of all times.
What year was this recorded?
8/22/1939: Gehrig was interviewed by Dwight Merriam, KROC-am, Rochester, Minnesota.
Lou never saw Willie in Center Field of the Polo Grounndss.
And Willie never saw all 3 of them play then.
Clearly intelligent and articulate. He would have only seen Cobb in Cobb's last 2 seasons and he wouldn't have seen Wagner at all.
As for Ruth He might have added: "Ruth would be my clear number 1 if he hadn't had sex with my wife. I'm pretty sure Cobb never had sex with my wife and I'm quite sure Wagner didn't. So, it may be personal bias on my part, but I subtract a few points from Ruth for having had sex with my wife. It was very upsetting at the time".
In my head I’m hearing his voice saying these words. 😂
If he would have been fortunate enough to have played for 20-25 years imagine the stats he would have.
Remember that Gehrig was essentially a dying man when this was done.
Ruth Cobb and Wagner? He should have said Ruth Cobb and Gehrig
Thought he'd have more of a NY accent
Lou was a much better player than Honus Wagner. He was very kind in his assessment.
All this must be A.I. generated.
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The ladd sounds like he went to Columbia
Lou Gehrig did go to Columbia university! He was nicknamed the iron horse & Columbia Lou!