
Sportswriter George Plimpton poses as a rookie quarterback for the Detroit Lions for a "Sports Illustrated" article.

as George Plimpton

as Kate

as Joe Schmidt

as Alex Karras

as Sugar Ray Robinson

as Vince Lombardi

as Frank Gifford

as Oscar

as Susan

as John Gordy

as Mike Lucci

as Pat Studstill

as Bill McPeak

as Jim Martin

as Jim David

as Chuck Knox

as John North

as Carl Brettschneider

as Roger Brown

as Lem Barney

as Lou Garney

as Mike Weger

as Karl Sweetan

as Ron Kramer

as Charles Bradshaw

as Tom Vaughn

as Bill Malinchak

as Roger Shoals

as Jerry Rush

as Friday Macklam

as Kent Falb

as Richard Lane

as Richard Thompson

as Ernest R. Clark

as Mel Farr

as Nick Eddy

as John McCambridge

as Bill Cottrell

as Denis Moore

as Darris McCord

as Jerry Zawadzka

as John Henderson

as Milt Plum

as Tom Watkins

as Amos Marsh

as Mickey Walker

as Rip Collins

as Chuck Walton

as Garo Yepremian

as Wayne Rasmussen

as Bruce Maher

as David Kopay

as Ron Goovert

as Jim Gibbons

as Ed Flanagan

as Larry Hand

as Frank Gallagher

as Bob Kowalkowski

as Paul Naumoff

as Randy Winkler

as John Robinson

as Man

as Boy (uncredited)

as Baseball Announcer (voice) (uncredited)

as Man (uncredited)

as Touch Football Player (uncredited)