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Follow on Google News | New York Sports Hall of Fame Relaunches with Historic Content from Comprehensive Digital ArchivesBidding Starts on 1-of-1 NFT of Famed Lou Gehrig Speech from July 4, 1939
By: New York Sports Hall of Fame The historic 1-of-1 NFT of uncut extant film of the iconic 1939 "Luckiest Man" address by New York Yankees captain Lou Gehrig is open for bidding at opensea.io/collection/ Delivered at Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium, the speech is part of a New York Sports Hall of Fame collection that includes filmed remarks at the same ceremony by baseball legend Babe Ruth and Yankees manager Joe McCarthy. The three men were inducted into the Hall between 1989 and 1991. After a long hiatus, the New York Sports Hall of Fame relaunched today in digital form at newyorksportshall.com and on the prominent NFT marketplace OpenSea at opensea.io/nys. Later this year, the Hall plans to release digital commemoratives of more of its 310 inductees to date and to open balloting for its next member class. The New York Sports Hall of Fame's extensive collection of original Greater New York historical content is preserved from more than 150 years of various sports developments, from Major League Baseball to six-day bicycle racing. The Hall archives illustrate how the history of Greater New York sports has helped shape culture and society in the region and beyond. Gehrig was voted into the New York Sports Hall of Fame twice, in 1989 for professional baseball and two years later for college baseball. The former Columbia University star and record-setting Yankees first baseman was born, raised and educated in New York City. Well known for its line, "the luckiest man on the face of the earth," Gehrig's speech was delivered on July 4, 1939. At the time, Gehrig was dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, the rare and incurable disease that became known as Lou Gehrig's Disease. The Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day NFT collection on OpenSea accepts the popular cryptocurrency Ethereum, which can be purchased on the exchange Coinbase and used on OpenSea with the digital wallet MetaMask. About the New York Sports Hall of Fame The New York Sports Hall of Fame was founded by acclaimed sportswriter and author Bill Shannon in 1989 and has 310 members. The entity is owned and operated by New York Sports Experience. newyorksportshall.com End
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