The World's Greatest Athlete by Gerald Gardner, Dee Caruso (1973)Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition. Small cut on front cover, otherwise clean and straight. Stock photo, actual book is in better condition. All the Merrivale teams have done is lose and lose and lose. Coach Sam Archer and his assistant, Milo Jackson, try desperately to think of something anything they can do to bring back the sweet smell of victory. Then one day, in Africa, they see Nanu, a boy of the jungle, race against a cheetah and win.