Lou Gehrig
Lou Gehrig

  By Sarah Dejak • June 18, 2014 Uncategorized

The Marx Brothers with Lou Gehrig, who retired from baseball on June 21, 1939. Source: Library of Congress.

Babe Ruth giving his old teammate and friend Lou Gehrig a hug after Gehrig's farewell speech at Yankee stadium. (July 4, 1939). Source: Wikipedia.

Jimmie Foxx and Mickey Cochrane, members of the Oakland Athletics, pose for a picture with New York Yankees Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. From left to right: Foxx, Ruth, Gehrig, Cochrane. Source: Wikipedia.

Lou Gehrig in his Yankees uniform. (1937). Source: Wikipedia.

Lou Gehrig with his idol Babe Ruth at an exhibition game in West Point, New York. (May 6, 1927). Source: Wikipedia.

Seven of the players making up the 1937 American League All-Star team. From left to right is Lou Gehrig, Joe Cronin, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Gehringer, Jimmie Foxx, and Hank Greenberg. Source: Wikipedia.

Lou Gehrig's Hall of Fame plaque that currently hangs in Cooperstown, New York. Gehrig was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on December 7, 1939. Source: Wikipedia.

1934 Goudey baseball card of Lou Gehrig while he was playing for the New York Yankees. Source: Wikipedia.

Lou Gehrig slides into home plate to score a run in the fourth inning as the Yankees were playing the Washington Senators. The Yankees would go on to win that game 3-2. (1925). Source: Wikipedia.

Lou Gehrig playing for the Columbia University baseball team. (1923). Source: Wikipedia.

1927 New York Yankees Squad. Nicknamed "Muderers' Row," referring to the first six hitters of the Yankee batting line-up including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. (1927). Source: Wikipedia.
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