Gus

Ed Asner

Hank Cooper

Don Knotts

Coach Venner

Gary Grimes

Andy Petrovic

Tim Conway

Crankcase

Louise Williams

Debbie Kovac

Dick Van Patten

Cal Wilson

Ronnie Schell

Joe Barnsdale

Bob Crane

Pepper

Johnny Unitas

Himself

Dick Butkus

Rob Cargil

Harold Gould

Charles Gwynn

Tom Bosley

Spinner

Virginia O'Brien

Reporter

Kenneth Tobey

Asst. Warden

Richard Kiel

Tall Man

Dick Enberg

Atoms' Announcer

Fred Dryer

Atoms player (sideline & showers) (uncredited)

Liam Dunn

Dr. Morgan

Warde Donovan

Butcher

Larry Burrell

Locker Room Announcer

Buddy Joe Hooker

Stunt Coordinator

Harrison Ellenshaw

Visual Effects

Ron Miller

Producer

John B. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Al Roelofs

Art Direction

Vincent McEveety

Director

Art Cruickshank

Visual Effects

Frank V. Phillips

Director of Photography

Arthur Alsberg

Screenplay

Don Nelson

Screenplay

Christopher Hibler

Associate Producer

Robert Stafford

Editor

Eustace Lycett

Visual Effects

Herb Taylor

Sound

Robert F. Brunner

Original Music Composer

Ted Key

Story

Frank R. McKelvy

Set Decoration

Frank Regula

Sound Mixer

Danny Lee

Visual Effects

Walter Sheets

Orchestrator