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Possessions of man behind ice bucket challenge up for sale

FILE - Former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates smiles after he was presented with the annual NCAA Inspiration Award, Dec. 13, 2016, at his home in Beverly, Mass. Game-worn jerseys, signed baseball bats, and other items that belonged to Frates, the former college baseball player whose inspired fight with Lou Gehrig's disease helped popularize the ALS ice bucket challenge, are being auctioned. Proceeds from the online auction, will benefit the Peter Frates Family Foundation, which assists ALS patients and their families with the cost of home health care, according to a spokesperson for auctioneer KBK Sports. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2016, file photo, former Boston College baseball captain Pete Frates smiles after he was presented with the annual NCAA Inspiration Award at his home in Beverly, Mass. Dozens of items of sports memorabilia collected by Peter Frates, whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease helped spread the ALS ice bucket challenge, are being auctioned to help people still fighting the disease. Proceeds from the online auction that started Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020, will benefit the Pete Frates Family Foundation, which assists ALS patients and their families with the cost of home health care, his father, John Frates, told The Salem News. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Possessions of man behind ice bucket challenge up for sale