Looking back at the vintage photo of MLB legend Lou Gehrig clad in leopard skin for a movie screen

Lou Gehrig dressed up as Tarzan in 1936. He later starred in Rawhide, his first and only feature-film appearance. The 1942 film The Pride of the Yankees received 11 Academy Award nominations and won in one category. Elanor Gehring wrote an autobiography in 1976 and it was later made into a TV movie A Love Affair.

Lou Gehrig was trying to launch a movie career in 1936.

Gehrig played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball, all of them with the New York Yankees. He was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a six-time World Series champion, and twice an American League (AL) MVP. Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1938 and his uniform number 4 was retired by a team.

The Lou Gehrig Memorial Award is given to the player who best exemplifies the giving character of Gehig.