On June 19, 1903 on 309 East 94th Street in Yorkville, a baby boy weighing nearly 14 pounds is born to German immigrants Heinrich and Christina Gehrig. He is the only surviving child for the couple and they will name him Lou. He will come to be known as the Iron Horse, a future Hall of Fame first baseman who played in 2,130 consecutive baseball games.
Gehrig had two sisters who died from whooping cough and measles at an early age, and a brother who also died in infancy. He helped his mother around the house during his childhood, folding laundry and running errands.