Gehrig delivers famous farewell speech On July 4, 1939, six-time World Series champion and Yankees legend Lou Gehrig proclaimed himself to be "the luckiest man on the face of the earth." 8Y ...

What we remember most about this quiet man of dignity is a speech. How ironic. It was July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig ... of death to push Gehrig from the shadows. Almost his entire career was played ...

Soon I began experiencing weakness in my right arm and my speech was starting to slur. My doctor told me to read about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease ...

In the 1920s, Lou Gehrig, the Yankees’ "Iron Horse ... The first was during Gehrig’s farewell speech. Gehrig died two years later, his death coming as DiMaggio was 19 games into his record ...