As usual with Disney sports shorts, most names are taken from the animators, including Jack Kinney, Al Bertino, Norman Ferguson, Art Riley, Bill Berg, Don DaGradi, Jack Hannah, Carl W. Stalling, Charles A. Nichols, Milt Kahl, and probably more.
To add to the chaos of the final melee, director Jack Kinney added incongruous scenes from other Disney films, including Victory Through Air Power, Pinocchio, and Kinney's own How to Play Baseball and How to Play Football.