That Notre Dame connection helped as Ruettiger's story made its way to a former South Bend Central High School basketball star, Don Stratigos. Rudy Ruettiger (Sean Astin) gets in his final game at ...

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 ...

In early December 1976 — roughly a year after realizing his impossible dream of playing football at Notre Dame — Rudy ...

Vaughn’s character in the film, Jamie, was the Notre Dame tailback alongside newcomer Rudy (Sean Astin). “Rudy” also starred Jon Favreau, Ned Beatty, Lili Taylor, Scott Benjaminson, Mary Ann ...

Rudy is portrayed as a young man that will just outwork everyone in order to reach his dreams of playing at Notre Dame. In reality, Rudy had to make connections along the way that would help him ...

No. 8 Notre Dame beat undefeated No. 9 Boston College 54-7 on Nov. 7, 1992, a romp so thorough that it made all the pregame hype of the top-10 matchup look like nothing more than a cute storyline.

This brought Notre Dame to a pitiful 1-8 on the year. This all means that Mr. Ruettiger was so stubborn he would have rather stewed in defeat than see what else was on. Twice.

HOUSTON — The man best known for the movie “Rudy” has received quite a price for the helmet and jersey he wore in his one game for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Rudy Ruettiger auctioned off ...

"If you mention Notre Dame or Rudy, almost everybody knows." The movie works, Ruettiger said, "because you don’t have to be sports person to understand the journey you're on.

Mentioning Rudy in South Bend is the Notre Dame equivalent of bringing up the designated hitter, targeting rules or politics at Thanksgiving dinner. It creates an instant galvanization in a room.

Mentioning Rudy in South Bend is the Notre Dame equivalent of bringing up the designated hitter, targeting rules or politics at Thanksgiving dinner. It creates an instant galvanization in a room.