Painted faces, candy and a magician surrounded Kyle Rudolph. Some Vikings teammates sported fake mustaches, but his No. 82 jersey was the only “costume” Rudolph needed.
In his sixth year visiting patients and their families at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Children’s Hospital, Rudolph officially led his first “Halloween Huddle” on Tuesday with his wife, Jordan, and some teammates. The visits, which include a trio of holiday-themed parties, have taken on an added significance for Rudolph through the years.
Aside from being a new father to three-week-old twin girls, Tuesday marked Rudolph’s first event as the Vikings’ leader in charity work with the hospital after center John Sullivan was released in August.