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July 4th, 1939 75th Anniversary of Lou Gehrig's Farewell
If my math is correct today is the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee Stadium. "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."
Perhaps one of the finest gentleman to ever play our great game. I wish I had a card to show, how about all of you lucky guys that can do that post a few in honor of Lou! |
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Going to the Twins / Yanks game today at Target field. They're having a Gehrig bobblehead give away.
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A bit later but we don't see too many of these strips from 1948....
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Lou...
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Even tough Gehrig appreciated all the gifts and all the fans and friends that attended his ceremony between games of the doubleheader vs the Senators, he had a hard time handling his farewell speech. He broke down a few times during his speech. The sad part is after his speech, he immediately left the stadium and went home. He never came back to Yankee Stadium again.
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Grant the Eig book is very good, I have read it twice!
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...and my my recent pickup!
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Re: July 4th, 1939 75th Anniversary of Lou Gehrig's Farewell
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Snapped this picture during my visit at the Hall of Fame back in 2003.
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Lou gehrig day original snapshot photo
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75 years ago today a fan attended this tribute to the great lou gehrig. A one of a kind photograph. I just wanted to share this photograph to all lou gehrig fans - enjoy:)
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Gehrig Patch
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Here is the patch that MLB teams wore on their uniforms yesterday (July 4). This one is a bit off-center to the left:
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My all time favorite player, and one of the only athletes worthy of being called a hero. As a departure from pre-war cards, here are a couple original sketch cards of Lou I have had done:
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A couple of my favorites
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Captain Lou
I guess I have some for this occasion too. Sorry I am late to the party. Below are some top Gehrig original photos in my collection.
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Lou 7-4-1939
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I know it's modern, but well done IMO. (5X7 Box topper)...........
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