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Rudy Ruettiger
In the first century A.D., St. Paul’s ministry took him to outposts across the Roman Empire: to Ephesus and Philippi, to Corinth and Thessalonica.
Twenty centuries later, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger’s pastoral work traces more miles in a three-month span than all of Paul’s voyages combined.
“I’ve probably hit every state at least twice in the past five years,” says the preacher you know better as Rudy.
Between Aug. 1 and Halloween of 2017, the most renowned walk-on in college football lore touched down in 32 American cities. Metropolises and backwaters. He traveled to all four points on the map (Boston, San Diego, Orlando and Portland) and everywhere in between. Anywhere that people yearned to meet him and listen to his story.
“He literally lives on airplanes,” says his full-time assistant, Cheryl.
“No one knows your journey but you,” Rudy tells his audiences, but no one shares the story of his journey more than he (and, to be fair, Cheryl, who books all of Rudy’s travel and is also his ex-wife and the mother of their two children, knows his itinerary better than
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The Story of Notre Dame's Legendary 'Rudy' Ruettiger Began in Vietnam
Daniel Eugene "Rudy" Ruettiger became a famous college football athlete, but he got his big start by joining the Navy in 1968 and serving two years at sea as a yeoman.
Using his GI Bill benefits, he enrolled in Indiana's Holy Cross College in 1972 and then at the University of Notre Dame in 1974, playing in the Orange Bowl in 1975 and the Gator Bowl in 1976 -- the year he graduated.
Despite being undersized for a football player -- 5 feet, 6 inches tall and 165 pounds -- Ruettiger was accepted as a defensive end on Notre Dame's Fighting Irish football team due to his drive and determination.
His claim to fame was brief, but spectacular. On Nov. 8, 1975, he was put in the game against Georgia Tech. During the final play of the game, he sacked Georgia Tech quarterback Rudy Allen.
Ruettiger's teammates were ecstatic, and they carried him off the field. At the time, he was the only player ever to receive such an honor.
The story of the undersized young man being allowed to play and sacking
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[00:00] Rudy Ruettiger: My whole mindset changed to I can do this. And that’s interesting when you change cultures, you see life differently. You see the world differently, found out all your failures were you’re set up for your successes. You learned a lot about what not
[00:20] Jim Harshaw, Jr.: to another episode of success through failure. This is your host, Jim Harshaw, Jr.
[00:25] And today I bring. Rudy that’s right. The Rudy from the movie, the actual guy, the subject of the movie, his name’s Daniel Rudiger goes by Rudy of course, a little bit of background. If in case you’ve been living under a rock for the last 20 some years, here’s the story of Rudy. Against all odds on the grid iron in south bend, Indiana Daniel, Rudy Ruettiger in 27 seconds.
[00:54] Carved his name into the history books as perhaps the most famous graduate of Notre Dame. He’s the son of an oil refinery worker in the third out of 14 kids. He rose from the valleys of discouragement and despair to the pinnacles of success today. He’s one of the m
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