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.

Some might find Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger’s effort to deal with his recent stock fraud history to be confusing and insufficient.

Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger takes to a Broadway stage for the first time to share his incredible story. Hear in his own words how he succeeded in getting into, and playing for Notre Dame, despite ...

See About archive blog posts. Rudy, the pint-sized underdog of Notre Dame football fame, is back in the spotlight –- but this time because the SEC accused him of stock fraud.

There was Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger sitting across from me. There were so many things to ask and so little time. Rudy was scheduled to speak at Cardinal Hayes Friday afternoon. I heard from the ...

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 ...

Those who adore the underdog football movie "Rudy" will want to check out an exclusive new scene included in the 30th-anniversary director's cut.

Daniel (Rudy) Ruettiger spoke to students at Cardinal Hayes HS yesterday and also visited Yankee Stadium, where Notre Dame, his former team, will face Army on Saturday.

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.

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. The ...

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 ...