Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger in the stands of the Notre Dame Stadium in 1993. Taro Yamasaki/Getty Images. According to Bleacher Report, Ruettiger was born in 1948, the third child among 14 siblings.

For years, Daniel Ruettiger, the former Notre Dame walk-on whose story inspired the movie “Rudy,” carefully crafted his image as a regular guy who achieved glory through integrity and hard ...

The performance stars Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, the subject of the iconic film, "Rudy" and will take place on February 11. Tickets for the Broadway engagement will go on sale at 9 a.m. on December ...

Ron Galella/WireImageSean Astin (who played Rudy) stands next to the real Rudy, Daniel Ruettiger. We need Tim Tebow more now than ever before. Why? Because one of our famed sports' "feel good ...

Rudy, the pint-sized underdog of Notre Dame football fame, ... Daniel E. Ruettiger -- who in the 1970s walked onto the Fighting Irish sports team without the grades, ...

Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger the Joliet native and inspiration for the 1993 movie “Rudy,” has been charged in connection with a stock manipulation scheme, the U.S. Securities and Exchange ...

Becoming Notre Dame’s most famous undersized walk-on and having his life depicted in the 1993 movie “Rudy” were dreams that came true for Daniel Ruettiger. But Friday, the day before Army ...

The classic 1993 underdog football movie, starring Sean Astin as real-life Notre Dame walk-on Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, notched its 30th anniversary this year. To celebrate, ...

Defensive end Daniel Eugene 'Rudy' Ruettiger is carried off the field by his Notre Dame teammates after his sack of Georgia Tech QB Rudy Allen on the game's final play on Nov. 8, 1975.

Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger, the 5-foot-6 walk-on Notre Dame football player whose underdog story became the 1993 movie “Rudy,” has seen his sports drink venture turn out less happily — with ...