LAYTON — Davis County residents celebrated St. Patrick's Day on Thursday in a truly unique fashion, as Notre Dame Fighting Irish football legend Rudy Ruettiger paid a visit to Layton High School ...

He was a walk-on for the football program, although many doubted the 5-foot-6, 165-pound Ruettiger could play for the Fighting Irish. His determination and drive earned him a spot at defensive end.

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

Say it ain’t so, Rudy. 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 ...

Former Notre Dame walk on football player Rudy Ruettiger had a brief moment with the Fighting Irish that became a very popular Motion Picture. Ruettiger talked about his relationship with Scranton ...

On Nov. 8, 1975, Notre Dame coach Dan Devine put walk-on Rudy Ruettiger (45) in for the last play of the game. Ruettiger sacked Georgia Tech quarterback Rudy Allen as time expired and was carried ...

While Rudy may be one of the most beloved Irish figures to people outside Notre Dame Nation, there is a contingent of alumni that resent the way in which Ruettiger inaccurately portrayed his ...

When you think of Notre Dame football in pop culture among the very first things to come to mind is the 1993 film, Rudy.It's been over 30-years now so I'm not concerened with any spoilers, but ...

Despite reaching his dream of playing on Notre Dame’s legendary football field, and later being the subject of a major Hollywood movie, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger does not consider himself a ...

Rudy, the pint-sized underdog of Notre Dame football fame, ... Daniel E. Ruettiger -- who in the 1970s walked onto the Fighting Irish sports team without the grades, ...

He was five foot nothing, 100 and nothing, and he had barely a speck of athletic ability, but boy was his jersey valuable. Former Notre Dame walk-on Rudy Ruettiger, best known for his story told in ...

No other football program wakes up the echoes among college football fans like Notre Dame. Some love the Fighting Irish; some love to hate them. But it’s hard to be ...