| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Frank Deford | Crew | Writing | Writer |
 Leslie D. Farrell | Crew | Production | Producer, Writer |
Ross Greenburg | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
Jonathan Crystal | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
David Salamone | Crew | Editing | Editor |
 Babe Ruth | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Barry Levinson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Billy Crystal | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Budd Schulberg | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Charlie Chaplin | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Danny Kaye | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Dwight D. Eisenhower | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ed Herlihy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Gale Sayers | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Gene Hackman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Humphrey Bogart | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Irwin Winkler | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
J. Parnell Thomas | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Jack Dempsey | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jackie Cooper | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 James Earl Jones | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Jean Harlow | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Jerry Lewis | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Joel Siegel | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 John G. Avildsen | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Lauren Bacall | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Liev Schreiber | Cast | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) |
 Marv Albert | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Norma Shearer | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
 Pat Morita | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Peter Gent | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Richard Nixon | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Robert Chartoff | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Robert Wuhl | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ron Shelton | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ronald Reagan | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Ruby Dee | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Steve Sabol | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tom Selleck | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Tony Danza | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Walt Disney | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
 Whoopi Goldberg | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) |
Knute Rockne | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Jeffrey Lyons | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
 Harold 'Red' Grange | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
Sam Rayburn | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Bobby Murcer | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Gene Tunney | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Herb Goldman | Cast | Self (archive footage) | |
Jimmy Piersall | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) |
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
