Gehrig delivered a farewell speech now known as the "Luckiest Man Alive" speech to Yankee Stadium fans in 1939, two weeks after he was diagnosed with ALS, in an event labeled Lou Gehrig Day.

Gehrig had not intended to speak. "He had a long prepared speech,'' said Stephen Sundra, whose father, Steve, pitched for the 1939 Yankees. "My mom related the story that my dad said Lou was so ...

He could have parlayed his fame, and his speech, into a lucrative second career as Lou Gehrig, Hero. He could have put his name on a restaurant for $30,000, or done paid speaking engagements.

As Major League Baseball celebrates its first annual “Lou Gehrig Day,” revisit the famous 1939 farewell speech by the Yankees legend that cemented a relationship between baseball and the ALS ...

and Lou was so happy he didn't know whether to laugh or cry." Conversely, Jonathan Eig's more recent telling has it taking place after the speech, but puts an ambiguous spin on Gehrig's feelings ...

French pathologist Jean-Martin Charcot first described ALS in 1869. Though the British called it motor-neuron disease, Americans began calling it Lou Gehrig's Disease after the famous speech.

Seventy-five years ago Lou Gehrig delivered his famous farewell speech, widely regarded as the greatest speech in sports history. Richard Sandomir spoke with Karen Given about how the speech has ...

He did it without notes. That speech Lou Gehrig made on July 4, 1939-- "Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth" -- just came pouring out of an amazing man, one golden ...

He could have parlayed his fame, and his speech, into a lucrative second career as Lou Gehrig, Hero. He could have put his name on a restaurant for $30,000, or done paid speaking engagements.

Gehrig delivered a farewell speech now known as the "Luckiest Man Alive" speech to Yankee Stadium fans in 1939, two weeks after he was diagnosed with ALS, in an event labeled Lou Gehrig Day.

Gehrig delivered a farewell speech now known as the "Luckiest Man Alive" speech to Yankee Stadium fans in 1939, two weeks after he was diagnosed with ALS, in an event labeled Lou Gehrig Day.