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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.

FILE - New York Yankees' Lou Gehrig poses at a spring training game in St. Petersburg, Fla., in this March 16, 1935, file photo. Major League Baseball will hold its first Lou Gehrig Day on June 2 ...

Lou Gehrig ending his "Iron Man" streak at 2,130 games. The streak lasted 14 years, from 1925 to 1939, and only ended when Gehrig contracted ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), which killed him ...

Lou Gehrig surely wasn't the only person in Yankee Stadium who wiped away a tear on July 4, 1939. AP Photo/Murray Becker Steve Wulf, ESPN Senior Writer Jul 4, 2014, 09:30 AM Close Email Print ...

On July 4, 1939, baseball player Lou Gehrig stood on the field at Yankee Stadium in front of 62,000 fans. This wasn’t unusual; nicknamed the “Iron Horse,” he had been the New York Yankees ...

MLB has added Lou Gehrig to the short list of players honoured throughout the big leagues. Gehrig died of ALS at age 37 on June 2, 1941. He was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1939.

Lou Gehrig Day will be focused on three pillars, MLB said: Remembering Gehrig's legacy and those lost to ALS, increasing awareness and money in the fight to fight the disease, and celebrating the ...