“He says, ‘Rudy? Are you Rudy Ruettiger?’” Ruettiger recalled. “I said, ‘Yeah.’ He said, ‘Are you the real Rudy?’ And I said, ‘Yeah.’ And he got really emotional. Tears were ...

That movie released more than 30 years ago is based on the real story for a Joliet native, Rudy Tuettiger. He is speaking Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at Midwestern University in Joliet. Pre ...