George Herman Ruth's Legendary Career

George Herman Ruth holds a place in history for his many athletic achievements and accolades. His life was a virtual cornucopia of struggles, which included moving schools to a private institute at a very young age. The school led to George playing baseball, the great sport that he is the iconic face of, to lead a very legendary career. “Babe” Ruth led a very fortuitous career, which ended after 22 record breaking years. Although many know the prominence and prosperity Ruth attained, they are ignorant to the struggles and strife he endured to grasp the peak of success. George’s early life was one of the main reasons that he fell into the circumstances leading him towards a much larger and successful, and the many different factors included his parents and the school issues he faced. On February 6, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, a young child was born that would one day change the sport of baseball, and his name was George Herman Ruth (Great Athletes 1). George, although at a young age, started to mix in with a bad group of boys that caused him to become known as a
Babe still never got the chance to fulfill his dream of being a major-league manager, due to his reputation of being irresponsible in an incident in 1925 (Great Athletes 6). At 8:15 p.m. in a New York City hospital room, a doctor steps back and calls time of death. The date was August 16, 1948, when the great bambino was proclaimed dead. He had a long fight with throat cancer for two years, before finally dying at the “ripe” age of 53 (Washington Times 1). Ruth to this day is still one of the many great cultural icons of all time, and without his influence, the game of baseball would not be what it is today. He set many records, and brought a lot of joy to his nation and other people from around the