The world s greatest athlete photos view all photos 5 movie info. Coach archer is more famous for losing than winning, but a fateful african safari with his wacky assistant leads them to a boy wonder named nanu who just might give them a winning streak. Comedy, family, romance, sport stuck with a feeble sports department, college coach sam archer john amos faces the ax unless he can reverse the schools athletic fortunes. The world s greatest athlete 1973 cast and crew head coach sam archer john amos and his righthand man, milo jackson tim conway, have been leading merrivale colleges track team to a. In case you are wondering about my list for the 25 greatest male athletes of all time, it is the same 20 male athletes listed above in the same order 120 followed by. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online.
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