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Players overcome the odds through football

Updated: January 20, 2010, 9:47 AM ET
By Mike Loveday | ESPN RISE

Most sports fans have seen the movie "Rudy." The image of former Notre Dame football player Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger has become part of American life and a larger part of football players lives.

But Rudy's contribution had very little to do with his athletic prowess, but rather how he carried himself off the field.

It is in that spirit that Trusted Sports has created the Rudy Awards to honor "inspirational football players who best define what Rudy refers to as the "The ...

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