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Associated Press
Published: Tue, November 27, 2007 - 1:50 pm
Last Updated: Tue, November 27, 2007 - 2:08 pm
Last Updated: Tue, November 27, 2007 - 2:08 pm
sparked the multimillion dollar sports drink industry has died.
The University of Florida says Doctor Robert Cade died today of
kidney failure. He was 80.
Cade and other researchers created Gatorade in 1965 to help UF's
football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost
through sweat while playing in swamp-like heat.
It was first tested on freshmen. Eventually, the use of the
sports beverage spread to the Gators, who enjoyed a winning record
and were known as a "second-half team" by outlasting opponents.
After the Gators beat Georgia Tech 27-12 in the Orange Park,
Tech coach Bobby Dodd told reporters his team lost because -- quote
-- "We didn't have Gatorade ... that made the difference."
Cade worked until he was 76. He retired in November 2004 from
the university where he taught medicine, saw patients and conducted
research.
Cade and his wife had six children.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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