Sunday, December 7, 2014

Today in Sports History: 12/7

1937: The Red Sox acquired the contract of Ted Williams. At the time Williams was 19 years old. Williams would go on to later be a Hall of Famer.

1939: Lou Gehrig was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted two years before he died. He died June 2, 1941 at the age of 37. He died of ALS or what is now known as Lou Gerhrig disease.


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