-
Date of Birth
Lou Gehrig was born on June 19 1903 in Yorkville NY -
child hood
Lou gehrig was the only child out of four to survive. Lou gehrig faced a child hood that was shaped by poverty. Worked hard so he could get into school to help his family -
Childhood Countinued
Lou Gehrigs father struggled to stay sober and keep a job. His mother was a strong woman working many hours to have a better life for her son. His mom Pushed hard so that lou could get a good education. And got behind his athletic pursuits. -
Period: to
Lou Gehrig
-
First game he played in a Yankees Uniform
Lou Gehrig played instead of the starter Wally pipp After that game Wally pipp never stepped onto the fiels again. This is when the streak began. Didnt end for 13 years -
Streak ends
Lou gehrigs 2,130 consecutive games played ends because he benched himself for poor play and he was suffereing from Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. now known as Lou Gehrigs disease, Lou Gehrig had the nick name the "Iron Horse" cause he never missed a game. -
Speech
One thing lougehrig is famous for is his famous fare well speech that he gave at yankee stadium in 1939. He gave this speech when he announced his retirement. in his speech he said "Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of this earth." -
Died
-
Lou Gehrig died
Lou Gehrig died in his sleep from ALS -
Famous still
he is still famous today because of the disease he had it is now known as lou Gehrigs disease. They named the disease after because he was the first person people knew that had at it that severe. He died from it so They named the disease after him