Editing Wally Pipp (section)

==Later life==
Pipp often attended [[Old-Timers' Day]] at Yankee Stadium and [[Tiger Stadium (Detroit)|Tiger Stadium]], playing in 12 Old-Timers' games.<ref name="the real story"/> He was later hired by ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' as one of the magazine's first writers.<ref name=si/>

After retiring, Pipp invested in the [[stock market]], but lost his wealth in the [[Wall Street Crash of 1929]].<ref name=heraldtribune>{{cite web |last=Anderson |first=Chris |url=http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090422/ARTICLE/904221026 |title=Wally Pipp: A son's tale about the start of Gehrig's consecutive games streak |publisher=HeraldTribune.com |date=April 22, 2009 |access-date=April 19, 2014 |archive-date=April 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418220716/http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090422/ARTICLE/904221026 }}</ref> He authored a book, titled ''Buying Cheap and Selling Dear''. He worked as a [[Sports commentator|broadcaster]] on a pregame baseball show for the Tigers, wrote radio scripts, and worked in publishing. He organized baseball programs around his community for the [[National Youth Administration]].<ref name=si/><ref name="the real story">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1241&dat=20010405&id=WXZTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KoYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3997,5428104|title=Wally Pipp: The real story|first=Andy|last=Kent|agency=[[Scripps Howard News Service]]|newspaper=[[Naples Daily News]]|page=5|date=April 5, 2001|access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref> He also spent time unemployed during the [[Great Depression]].<ref name=si/> In 1940, Pipp was on the verge of [[bankruptcy]], but he managed to pay off his debts without going bankrupt.<ref name="the real story"/>

During World War II, Pipp worked at the [[Willow Run]] manufacturing complex in [[Ypsilanti]], building [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24]] [[heavy bomber|bombers]]. Following the war, Pipp worked for the Rockford Screw Products Corporation as a machine parts salesman, selling bolts and screws to [[Automotive industry in the United States|automotive companies]] based in Detroit and Grand Rapids.<ref name=sabr/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19500516&id=LQgNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3763,2410389|title=Girl Major Leaguers Next, Pipp Predicts|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|agency=Associated Press|page=14|date=May 16, 1950|access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>