Rudy Ruettiger personally hand-signed this 8x10 Play Like a Champion Today! Sign and inscribed it 27 Years To Play 27 Seconds. An undersized kid with over-sized dreams Rudy repeatedly was told he was too small to play football. While at Notre Dame Ruettiger was part of the scout team and on the last play of the final game of his senior year Rudy finally was put in. Ruettiger made the most of it recording a tackle and prompting his teammates to carry him off amidst cheers from the Fighting Irish faithful. This Rudy Ruettiger autograph is guaranteed authentic and includes a Steiner Sports Certificate of Authenticity and an accompanying tamper-evident Steiner Hologram. The Steiner Seal Means Its Real. Steiner Sports is the Official Memorabilia Partner of Notre Dame.