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The life of Lou Gehrig was the subject of the 1942 film "The Pride of the Yankees", starring Gary Cooper as Gehrig and Teresa Wright as his wife. It received 11 Academy Award nominations and won in one category, Film Editing. Former Yankee teammates Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Mark Koenig, and Bill Dickey (then still an active player) played themselves, as did sportscaster Bill Stern. In 2008, the AFI honored "The Pride of the Yankees" as the third-best sports picture ever made.