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Eleanor Gehrig also provides insights into what happened to the relationship between her husband and Babe Ruth, which deteriorated during a good will trip to Japan. But ultimately it is not baseball but the relationship between Eleanor and her “Luke” that makes this walk down memory lane worth reading, which is why this book appeals as much to romantics as it does to baseball fans.¹

In addition to the presence of a few of Gehrig’s fellow Yankees and the use of some actual American League crowd footage, the authenticity of THE PRIDE OF THE YANKEES is further augmented by a few props donated to the production by Mrs. Eleanor Gehrig. Among them was the bracelet at left, made up of Lou’s many championship pins and medals and given to Eleanor by her husband.²

The New American; 8/7/2006; Kirkwood, R. Cort; 2493 words; another. Eleanor Gehrig No man is a hero to wasn’t the case with Lou Gehrig, the man they called man among men, it’s Gehrig, the polar opposite beautiful, Eleanor Gehrig wrote.³

Just then along walks Theresa Wright. She’s the academy award-winning actress who played Eleanor Gehrig in “Pride of the Yankees.” Walking along her side is Ray Robinson, author of “The Iron Horse” and the greatest living historian of Gehrig.⁴

One of MDA’s earliest volunteer leaders was Eleanor Gehrig, the widow of New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, whose name has become synonymous with ALS. Today, with more than $155 million invested in the fight against ALS, MDA leads the worldwide scientific battle against the disease.⁵