Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Dr. Robert Cade, Inventor of Gatorade, Dead at 80

Dr. Robert Cade, the man who invented Gatorade and sparked the multi-million dollar sports drink industry, has died of kidney failure; he was 80.
The University of Florida announced his death...it's where he and other researchers created Gatorade in 1965 to help the school's football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in swamp-like heat. Read more HERE

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