Gatorade in Sports

In 1965, at the request of the football coach, a team of scientists (led by Dr. Robert Cade) at the University of Florida developed Gatorade. 50 years later, it’s synonymous with sports drinks, and is firmly a part of American pop culture. The Gators may have taken 26 years to win an officially recognized SEC Championship, but at least they weren’t thirsty.

Gatorade in Sports

Dr. Robert Cade, Dr. Jim Free, Dr. Alex deQuesada and Dr. Dana Shires

Brian Smith for Sports Illustrated

June 12, 2001

Jim Fassel

John Iacono for Sports Illustrated

January 14, 2001 — NFC Championship (Giants over Vikings)

Mack Brown

Darren Carroll for Sports Illustrated

December 3, 2005 — Big 12 Championship (Texas over Colorado)

Tiger Woods

Robert Beck for Sports Illustrated

February 20, 2008 — WGC Accenture Match Play Championship

Paul Pierce and Doc Rivers

John W. McDonough for Sports Illustrated

June 17, 2008 — NBA Finals, Game 6 (Celtics over Lakers)

Mike Tomlin

Al Tielemans for Sports Illustrated

February 1, 2009 — Super Bowl XLIII (Steelers over Cardinals)

LeBron James

Greg Nelson for Sports Illustrated

February 27, 2009

Sean Payton

Bob Rosato for Sports Illustrated

February 7, 2010 — Super Bowl XLIV (Saints over Colts)

Chip Kelly

Jed Jacobsohn for Sports Illustrated

December 4, 2010 — Oregon over Oregon State

Nick Saban

Damian Strohmeyer for Sports Illustrated

January 7, 2013 — BCS National Championship (Alabama over Notre Dame)

Ivan Nova and Brett Gardner

Porter Binks for Sports Illustrated

August 31, 2013 — Yankees over Orioles

Gatorade cups and coolers

Simon Bruty for Sports Illustrated

September 29, 2014 — Mississippi State practice

Max Scherzer

Mitchell Layton for Sports Illustrated

June 20, 2015 — Nationals over Pirates (no-hitter)

Dr. Alex deQuesada, Dr. Robert Cade, Dr. Jim Free and Dr. Dana Shires

Brian Smith for Sports Illustrated

June 12, 2001