| Pro | George Y. | Pocock | Leading designer. Builder of racing shells in the 20th century. |
| | Joe | Rantz | An American Rower in the University of Washington. |
| | Judy | Rantz | Joe's daughter. |
| | Adolf | Hitler | The Nazi Party Leader. |
| | Angus | Hay Jr. | Joe's friend. |
| | Husky | Clipper | Joe's racing shell. |
| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Franklin | D. Roosevelt | The New U.S. President. |
| | Teddy | Roosevelt | FDR's distant cousin. |
| | Herbert | Hoover | The 31st U.S. President. |
| | Mel | Ott | A professional baseball player. |
| | Roger | Morris | Joe's co-rower. |
| | Tom | Bolles | Freshman's rowing
team coach. Former Washington oarsman. |
| | Alvin | Ulbrickson | Head coach University of Washington Rowing Program. |
| | Royal | Brougham | The sports editor at the Post-Intellegencer. |
| | Emmett | Watson | A legendary Seattle Scribe. |
| | Hiram | Conibear | A rowing coach at the University of Washington. |
| | Babe | Ruth | A baseball player. |
| | Lou | Gehrig | A baseball player. |
| | Joe | DiMaggio | A baseball player. |
| | Grantland | Rice | A top sportswriter. |
| | Robert | Kelley | A sportswriter at The New York Times. |
| | Werner | March | An Architect. |
| | Dr. Theodor | Lewald | President of the German Olympic Organizing Committee. |
| | Wilhelm | Frick | Reich Minister of the Interior. |
| | Otto | March | Werner's father. |
| | Dr. Joseph | Goebbels | Minister of Public
Enlightment of Propaganda. |
| | William | Dodd | An American Ambassador to Germany. |
| | Mattie | Dodd | William's wife. |
| | Martha | Dodd | William's daughter. |
| | Ky | Ebright | Revered coach for the University of California's rowing team. |
| | Harry | Rantz | Joe's father. |
| | Nellie | Maxwell | Joe's mother. |
| | George A. | Wyman | First person
to motorcycle from New York to San Francisco. |
| | Horatio N. | Jackson | An American physician. |
| | Bud | | Horatio's bulldog. |
| 2 | Bill | Harley | Man who attached
an engine on to a modified bicycle. |
| | Arthur | Davidson | Bill's partner. |
| | Henry | Ford | Owner of an automobile company. |
| | Dr. Ernst | Pfenning | The first customer of Henry Ford. |
| | Fred | Rantz | Joe's older brother. |
| | Charles | Halstead | Harry's partner. |
| | Thelma | LaFollette | Fred's wife. |
| | Thula | LaFollette | Thelma's twin sister. Harry's second wife. |
| | Harry | Rantz Jr. | Joe's half brother. Harry and Thula's son. |
| | Mike | Rantz | Joe's half brother. Harry and Thula's son. |
| | John | Schnatterly | Founder of the Ruby Mining Company. |
| 3 | Rusty | Callow | University of Washington Crew Company. |
| | Lady | Alice | The custom-built sectional boat. |
| | Henry | Stanley | A journalist. |
| | David | Livingstone | A Scottish physician. |
| | Aaron | Pocock | George Pocock's father. |
| | Dick | Pocock | George's brother. |
| | Anthony | Eden | Pocock's student. 1st Earl of Avon. |
| | Homer | Kirby | Stroke Oar of the 1908 crew. |
| | Roger | Morris | An American Historian. |
| 4 | Rose | Rantz | Harry and Thula's first daughter. |
| | Polly | Rantz | Harry and Thula's second daughter. |
| | Miss | Flatebo | Joe's music teacher. |
| | Joyce | Simdars | A girl who was devoted to Joe. |
| | Harry | Secor | Joe's friend. |
| | Charlie | McDonald | Joe's older neighbor. |
| | Fritz | | Charlie's draft horse. |
| | Dick | | Charlie's draft horse. |
| | Margaret | McDonald | Charlie's daughter. |
| | Pearlie | McDonald | Charlie's daughter. |
| | Eddie | Blake | Joe's classmate. |
| | Enid | Simdars | Joyce's mother. |
| 5 | Frances | Farmer | A young drama student. Joe's classmate. |
| | Vic | Meyers | A local dance master. |
| | Willis | Thompson | A freshman who attempts to start a bonfire for a rally. |
| | Richard | Tyler | Dean of Engineering at the University of Washington. |
| | Will | Rogers | An American Actor. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 6 | Harey | Love | The coxswain at the varsity boat. |
| | Robert | McNamara | U.S. secretary of state.
Man that Ebright formerly coached. |
| | Ed | Leader | Former head coach - University of Washington Rowing Team. |
| | George | Morry | The coxswain at the University of Washington. |
| | Russ | Nagler | Ebright's freshman coach. |
| | John | Dillinger | An American gangster. |
| | Grover | Clark | The Cal's coxswain. |
| | Magda | Goebbels | Joseph's wife. |
| | Hildegard | Goebbels | Joseph and Magda's daughter. Aka: Hilde. |
| | Frederick | The Great | The King of Prussia. |
| | Leni | Reifenstahl | A German film director. |
| 7 | Franklin | Gorrie | A writer for associated press. |
| | John | Merrill | A coxswain at the University of Washington. |
| | Florence | Palmer | The owner of the Rowing Team's boarding house. |
| | Don | Grant | University of Washington's coxswain. |
| | Don | Walling | University of Washington's stroke oar. |
| | Dr. Loyal | Shoudy | Prominent and fanatically loyal in Washington Alumnus. |
| | Jack | Dempsey | An American Boxer. |
| | Gene | Tunney | Jack's rival. |
| | SeaBiscuit | | A racehorse. |
| | | | The Champlain - A white 250-foot coastguard cutter. |
| | Jim Ten | Eyck | A rowing legend. |
| | George | Lund | Joe's teammate. |
| | George | Varnell | An American Olympic athlete. |
| | Dick | Burnley | California's big and strong oar. |
| | Sam | Castner | Joe's uncle. |
| | Alma | Castner | Joe's aunt. |
| | Henry | Wallace | The secretary of agriculture. |
| | | | ILA - International Longshoremen's Association. |
| | Charles | Smith | The Washington's mayor. |
| | Henry | Fletcher | The chairman of the Republican Party. |
| | William | Borah | The Republican Senator in Idaho. |
| | George | Friedlander | A chief of police. |
| 8 | George | Hunt | New rower in the University of Washington Crew. Aka: Shorty. |
| | Chuck | Hartman | Joe's teammate. |
| | Delos | Schoch | Joe's teammate. |
| | Bob | Green | Joe's teammate. |
| | Bud | Schacht | Joe's teammate. |
| | Albert | Speer | Hitler's chief architect. |
| | | | Part Three |
| 9 | Broussais | Beck Jr. | A potential stroke oar at Washington's crew. |
| | Don | Hume | A freshman crew at the University of Washington. |
| | Gordy | Adam | A freshman crew at the University of Washington. |
| | Johnny | White | A freshman crew at the University of Washington. |
| | Chuck | Day | A freshman crew at the University of Washington. |
| | Jim | McMillin | Ulbrickson's crew. Aka: Stub. |
| | Bill | Leiser | A sports editor at the Francisco Chronicle. |
| | Jack | Medica | A superstar swimmer. |
| 10 | Edo | Vanni | The manager of the Rainiers. |
| | Ed | Stanley | Kansas City AP Bureau Chief. |
| | J.Lyman | Bingham | The President of AAU and American Olympic Committee. |
| | Clarence | Dirks | A writer at Post-Intellegencer. |
| | Wink | Winslow | Ulbrickson's coxswain. |
| | Eugene | Berkenkamp | California's big and strong oar. |
| | Peter | Donlon | California's former crew. |
| | Franklin | Roosevelt Jr. | FDR's son. |
| | John | Roosevelt | FDR's son. |
| | Mike | Bogo | The Poughkeepsie's barkeep. |
| 11 | Johnny | White Sr. | Johnny's father. |
| | Maimie | White | Johnny's mother. |
| | Kaiser | Wilhelm II | A man who built a summer pavilion in Grunau. |
| | Mrs. | Tellwright | Joyce's employer. |
