The Pride of the Yankees

The biography of baseball immortal Lou Gehrig (1903-41) is a real-life American success saga about a poor boy from New York City who gets an athletic scholarship to Columbia University, signs a contract with the hometown Yankees and becomes a superstar, until felled by the fatal disease that now bears his name., This film chronicles the life of first baseman Lou Gehrig. The story begins as young Lou Gehrig dreams of becoming a professional ballplayer. While in college, Lou becomes a star athlete and is signed by the New York Yankees. In 1939, Lou discovers that he has a fatal neurological disease.