"He was a (school) principal and when he retired, they gave him the jacket from the movie ‘Rudy,'” she said while sitting in a room with an Indiana lamp on one side and a Notre Dame lamp on ...

where he lined up as a defensive end and sacked Yellow Jackets quarterback, ironically enough, named Rudy Allen. Ruettiger was carried off the field by his Notre Dame teammates after securing the ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Jim O'Donnell's legacy will be felt inside Notre Dame Stadium on Friday ... will don the Fighting Irish “Rudy” jacket his grandfather wrapped his frail body in as he ...