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FIRST BLACK COACH TO WIN SUPER BOWL
Tony Dungy (68) of the Indianapolis Colts became the first Black
NFL head coach to win a Super Bowl (XLl). The victory marked
the first time a Black head coach had reached the National
Football League’s championship game—one that featured not
just one, but two Black head coaches.
Hall of Fame head coach and NBC Football analyst Tony
Dungy.
FIRST SUPER BOWL GAME HELD ON THIS DAY
Green Bay QB and game MVP Bart Starr, Super Bowl I, 1967.
As NBC and CBS had held the rights to nationally televise
AFL and NFL games, respectively, it was decided that both networks were allowed to broadcast the game.
Kansas City QB Len Dawson.
SPORTS DRINK INVENTED ON THIS DAY
Football player Chip Hinton (Left) trying J. Robert Cade’s invention in 1965.
On October 2, 1965, a team of scientists invented Gatorade,
sports drink to quench thirst, in a University of Florida lab.
The name "Gatorade" is derived from the nickname of the
university’s sports teams. Eventually, the drink becomes
a phenomenon and made its inventors wealthy.
Early in the summer of 1965, University of Florida assistant
football coach Dewayne Douglas met a group of scientists
on campus to determine why many of Florida’s players were
so negatively affected by heat. To replace bodily fluids lost
during physical exertion, Dr. James Robert Cade and his
team of researchers, doctors H. James Free, Dana Shires
and Alex de Quesada, created the now-ubiquitous sports
drink.
1969
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
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