Lou Gehrig never missed a day of school.
Gehrig replaced Wally Pipp, who had been hit in the head with a baseball the previous day.
April 30, 1939
lou gehrig retirement
On May 2, 1939, the day when Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak ended, he was replaced by Ellsworth "Babe" Dahlgren.
4/30/1939
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On June 2, 1941 Lou Gehrig succumbed to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis at age 37 One month later, on July 4 1941, a special memorial was held at Yankee Stadium where Lou Gehrig's immortal number "4" was retired forever.
When Lou Gehrig gave his farewell speech on July 4, 1939, the Yankees were playing a doubleheader versus the Washington Senators.
37 years old 2 days before his 38th b day
Ken Chase of the Washington Senators on April 29, 1939 ... it was a single. Lou played the final game of his career the following day.
Lou gehrig held the record broken by Cal Ripkem Jr. with 2,130 consecutive games played. The streak started on June 1, 1925 pinch hitting. The following day he was put into the line up for the slumping Wally Pipp, and never looked back. He would play the last game of the streak on April 30th 1939. After a day off, on May 2, 1939, Babe Dahlgen took Gehrig's place in the line up ending a 14-year, 2,130 consecutive game streak.