Say it ain't so Rudy!

[Irishize]

That should make for a great GameDay sign the next time ND is involved

 

[TheSunIsRising]

This loyal son is loyal no more. Go BYU???

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rudy Ruettiger, the man who the movie "Rudy" was made about was just baptized yesterday into the LDS church. Welcome brother! <a href="https://t.co/XGZTNI4hLZ">pic.twitter.com/XGZTNI4hLZ</a></p>— Perry Davis (@perryadamdavis) <a href="https://twitter.com/perryadamdavis/status/823067709353009152">January 22, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

"This is the most horrible sight these eyes have ever seen"

 

[Circa]

...and the 7 sisters he married.

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[Circa]

Rudy Ruettiger: The Walk On

Amazon has this documentary and It's a great watch.

 

[Andy in Sactown]

I got you Crusader. Negged for blatantly petty thread necromancy.

 

[Junkhead]

I saw the real Rudy once, and he was wearing a "Rudy" hat. Kinda sad.

 

[EddytoNow]

Rudy made a nice, feel good movie. But who were some of Notre Dame's most successful walk-ons?

I looked it up and found this article.

https://247sports.com/college/notre-dame/Article/Notre-Dames-Prime-Time-Walk-Ons-134755/

It discusses several walk-ons who became starters or key contributors at some point. Including:

Nick Rassas (1964-1965)
Mike Oriard (1968-1969)
Ed Gulyas (1970-1971)
Tim Rudnick (1972-1973)
Mike Brennan (1988-1989)
Pat Eilers (1988-1989)

And my favorite walk-on and former Notre Dame soccer player, Shane Walton (1999-2002)