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.

As "Rudy" celebrates its 25th anniversary (Oct. 15), the real Ruettiger has a request: Stop asking if the jersey scene really happened. The question misses the movie's point.

On the night of Sept. 30, 1974, Daniel Eugene Ruettiger made eye contact with Elvis Presley. It happened just outside Gate 8 of Notre Dame's Athletic and Convocation Center, not as the King was ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Rudy Ruettiger's life. "Doesn't everybody already know this story?" Ruettiger asks in his raspy, feisty voice, reminding the world that his life, after all, is a movie.

INDIANAPOLIS — Rudy Ruettiger's life. "Doesn't everybody already know this story?" Ruettiger asks in his raspy, feisty voice, reminding the world that his life, after all, is a movie. Ruettiger ...

The story of Rudy Ruettiger was always one of the more inspirational stories in sports.An undersized kid walks on at Notre Dame and after constantly trying and trying and trying, he ...

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.

Did Brewers coach Pat Murphy know Rudy Ruettiger, the famous walk-on football player whose eponymous movie “Rudy” has been an inspirational favorite?

Rudy Ruettiger, a Notre Dame football legend, spoke to students about mental health at Arizona's Casa Grande High School. Local Sports Things To Do Politics Travel Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper ...

It has been 25 years since Sean Astin graced the silver screen atop the shoulders of his fellow football teammates as they erupted in chants of "Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!" in the climax of the aptly ...

On Nov. 8, 1975, Notre Dame coach Dan Devine put walk-on Rudy Ruettiger (45) in for the last play of the game.

On Nov. 8, 1975, Notre Dame coach Dan Devine put walk-on Rudy Ruettiger (45) in for the last play of the game.