SPORTS DRINK FIRST TESTED ON THIS DAY

J. Robert Cade, the Inventor of Gatorade, Dies at 80 - The New York Times

On October 2, 1965, during a football game between
the University
of Florida Gators and the Louisiana
State University Tigers,
UF players test a newly
concocted sports drink
to help them regain the
essential chemicals their bodies lose from profuse
sweating.


Developed in their own school’s science labs, the
drink is designed to fight dehydration, rebalance
their bodies’ electrolytes and restore blood sugar,
potassium and body salts so they can continue to
perform at a high level through their games.


The Gators go on to win the match, after the heavily
favored Tigers
wilt in Florida’s muggy, 102-degree
heat.

The drink, nicknamed "Gatorade," eventually became
a mass-market phenomenon and made its inventors
wealthy.

The history of an iconic sports beverage: Gatorade turns 50 | Fortune

The history of an iconic sports beverage: Gatorade turns 50 | Fortune

J. Robert Cade » Division of Nephrology, Hypertension & Renal Transplantation » College of ...
James Robert Cade (1927 – 2007)

Cade was a physician, university professor,
research scientist and inventor.



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