Career
He played at the collegiate level at Ripon College. Rutkowski was born on January 17, 1938, in Racine, Wisconsin. He died July 19, 2013 in Middleton, Wisconsin.
Rutkowski taught school and coached football and wrestling at Round Lake, Illinois. and coached football and boys track at McHenry, Illinois., before coaching football and girls track for 32 years at Valders High School.
Players affectionately called him "Coach R.".