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1941 Lou Gehrig Memorial Day Ticket Stub PSA GD 2
Displayed is a ticket stub to the July 4, 1941, Lou Gehrig Memorial, an event scheduled to mark the placement of a Lou Gehrig monument in center field at Yankee Stadium. Known as the "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig set a Major League record by playing in 2,130 consecutive games, a record that stood until broken by Cal Ripken Jr. in 1996. The Hall of Fame first baseman teamed with Babe Ruth to give the New York Yankees an unprecedented power duo in the 1920s and 1930s. Gehrig slammed 493 homers, hit .340 lifetime, won a Triple Crown, and was a 2-time AL MVP as he helped the Yankees to six World Championships. When Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis forced Gehrig to retire from playing in 1939, Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day was held at Yankee Stadium on July 4th, the occasion of his poignant speech when he called himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth." Gehrig passed away on June 2, 1941, from ALS, and the Yankees scheduled a Lou Gehrig Memorial Game on July 4th, two years to the day after his famous Farewell Speech. The game was rained out and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on July 6th, and the event drew 68,948 as the Lou Gehrig monument was unveiled. The Yankees swept the doubleheader, but the game results were secondary to the honoring of the vastly popular and respected Gehrig. The ticket stub has been encapsulated and graded PSA Good 2. The 2.5x3.25" ticket stub has enhanced significance as in 2021, baseball instituted the inaugural, and now annual, Lou Gehrig Day on June 2nd, the date when he became the regular Yankee first baseman in 1925, and the date of his death in 1941.
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