On July 4, 1939, the New York Yankees held Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee Stadium. The Hall of Famer was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which had forced him to retire two months earlier.

Remembered as baseball’s ‘Iron Horse,’ take a look back at the legendary career of Lou Gehrig, born June 19, 1903, in these New York Daily News photos.

Babe Dahlgren analyzed Yankees greats from the bench on his way to becoming the first MLB coach implement film study.

MLB will honor Lou Gehrig's life and career Wednesday and work to raise awareness for ALS. ABC News. Video. Live. Shows. ... Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, FILE. Gehrig played 17 seasons for the ...

They are the photos that inspired the beloved bubblegum cards of Lou Gehrig and Jackie Robinson. Heritage Auctions is selling off two of the most iconic photos in the history of sports collecting.

More microphone during Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, a farewell to the slugger, at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939. (Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics, Getty Images) Getty Images ...

MLB teams wore No. 4 patches and wristbands on Sunday ahead of Lou Gehrig Day 2025. The fifth annual edition of Lou Gehrig Day is set for June 2. Clubs not playing Monday wore the tribute one day ...

Lou Gehrig's first day as a Yankee, June 11, 1923. (Courtesy of Alamy Images) Gehrig didn’t hear the end of it from opponent Ty Cobb, the Detroit Tigers’ notoriously confrontational star ...

It was some 80 years ago that Lou Gehrig and the 12-year-old son of a songwriter got ... Hunt said they couldn't find the exact glove among the photos of Gehrig, but found images of very similar ...

Lou and Eleanor Gehrig pose on the Liner Empress of Japan in Oct. 1934. NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images Gehrig leans over the piano at a night club in Sept. 1935.