Editing Charlie Gehringer (section)

==Early years==
Gehringer was born on May 11, 1903, on a farm in [[Iosco Township, Michigan|Iosco Township]], southwest of [[Fowlerville, Michigan]].<ref name=fowlhist>[http://fowlervillehistory.org/baseball/charliegehringer/biography.html Charlie Gehringer: Biography] at Fowlervillehistory.org</ref> He was the second son of Leonard Gehringer and Theresa (Hahn) (Eisele) Gehringer, both German Catholic immigrants. Both of his parents had been married previously, and Charlie had eight half-siblings from Leonard's first marriage, and a half-sister from his mother's first marriage. As a young boy the family moved to a different rented farm just south of Fowlerville, in [[Handy Township, Michigan|Handy Township]].<ref name=fowlhist/>

In 1922 after graduating from Fowlerville High School, Gehringer enrolled at the [[University of Michigan]].  He took physical education classes and played basketball and baseball.  Gehringer later recalled that he lettered in basketball but not baseball.<ref name="baseballlibrary1"/>