Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech
A Momentous Farewell
A Heartfelt Tribute
The pathos of his farewell from baseball was capped off by his iconic 1939 "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech at Yankee Stadium. Full text of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech. Fans for the past two weeks you have been reading about the bad break I got.
Lou Gehrig, the "Iron Horse" of baseball famed for his 2130 consecutive-games-played streak, made one of the most memorable speeches in the annals of the sport. Lou Gehrig had finally made it to the Yankees clubhouse that afternoon. "Lou Gehrig's Farewell Speech July 4, 1939," Society for American Baseball Research. This article was written by Paul Hofmann.
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