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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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Meet Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger – Motivational Speaker

Daniel was born on August 23, 1948, in Joliet, Illinois. Despite struggling academically due to dyslexia, Ruettiger pursued his passion for football, inspired by his high school coach Gordie Gillespie at Joliet Catholic High School.

After a brief stint in the United States Navy and working in a power plant, Ruettiger applied to Notre Dame multiple times, facing rejection due to his low grades. Undeterred, he enrolled at Holy Cross College before finally gaining acceptance to Notre Dame in 1974. It was during his time at Holy Cross that Ruettiger discovered he had dyslexia, a revelation that would later shape his life’s journey.

Standing at just 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 165 pounds, Ruettiger defied the odds to fulfill his dream of playing for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. Despite his small stature, he earned a place on the scout team through perseverance and financial support from his father.

Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger carved his name into history books as perhaps the most inspiring

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Rudy Ruettiger
(U.S. Navy, Retired)

Against all odds on a gridiron in South Bend, Indiana, Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger in twenty seven seconds, carved his name into history books as perhaps the most famous graduate of the University of Notre Dame. The son of an oil refinery worker and third of 14 children, Rudy Ruettiger rose from valleys of discouragement and despair to the pinnacles of success. Today, he is one of the most popular motivational speakers in the United States. It took years of fierce determination to overcome obstacles and criticisms, yet Rudy achieved his first dream—to attend Notre Dame and play football for the Fighting Irish. As fans cheered RU-DY, RU-DY, he sacked the quarterback in the last 27 seconds of the only play in the only game of his college football career. Rudy Ruettiger is the only player in the school’s history to be carried off the field on his teammates’ shoulders.

In 1993, TRISTAR Productions immortalized his life story with the blockbuster film, RUDY. Written and produced by Ange