Autographs of Rudy Ruettiger
Daniel Eugene Ruettiger (born August 23, 1948) is an American motivational speaker and author who played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. His early life and career at Notre Dame were the inspiration for the 1993 film Rudy.
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.
Ruettiger joined the United States Navy after high school, serving as a yeoman on a communications command ship for two years; he then worked in a power station for two years. Ruettiger applied to Notre Dame and was rejected due to his low high school grades. He enrolled and attended nearby Holy Cross College, and after two years was accepted as a student at Notre Dame after many tries, in the fall of 1974. It was during his time studying at Holy Cross that Ruettiger discovered he had dyslexia.
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The most expensive item with a signature of Rudy Ruettiger (Rudy Ruettiger Autographed Notre Dame 8x10 Photo Framed Signed Fanatics COA) was sold in December 2025 for £561.68 while the cheapest item (Rudy Ruettiger Signed 8x10 Play Inscription Photo AUTO Hologram) found a new owner for £2.71 in November 2022. The month with the most items sold (55) was April 2026 with an average selling price of £47.73 for an autographed item of Rudy Ruettiger. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with £75.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £7.54 was September 2023. In average, an autographed item from Rudy Ruettiger is worth £33.98.
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