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Daniel Eugene Ruettiger (nicknamed "Rudy") was born on August 23, 1948, in Joliet, Illinois. He was the third of 14 children and grew up with his German American family. Ruettiger did not excel scholastically, at least in part due to dyslexia. He attended Joliet Catholic High School and played for locally famous football coach Gordie Gillespie.
"No one knocked on your door to do a movie about your life," Ruettiger said. "They can’t connect to a tackle at Notre Dame without knowing the story."
Rudy is a 1993 American biographical sports film directed by David Anspaugh.It is an account of the life of Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger, who harbored dreams of playing football at the University of Notre Dame despite significant obstacles.
This was the famous game in which Rudy Ruettiger, a 5'6", 165-lb, walk-on, was inserted late in the game and recorded a quarterback sack. His story was the inspiration for the movie Rudy . 1
Pat Murphy is a friend of Rudy Ruettiger and was actually considered for a small role in the 1993 movie. Murphy then explained the role Ruettiger actually tried getting Murphy in the movie.
The biographical movie, directed by David Anspaugh, is an account of Daniel Ruettiger’s early life playing college football at the University of Notre Dame. “My wife [Christine Harrell] was on ...
Daniel John Devine (December 23, 1924 – May 9, 2002) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Arizona State University from 1955 to 1957, the University of Missouri from 1958 to 1970, and the University of Notre Dame from 1975 to 1980, compiling a career college football mark of 173–56–9.
But more than that, the film tells the story of a beloved underdog: A guy who didn’t receive a college scholarship, walked on to the University of Cincinnati football team with a Rudy Ruettiger ...