Gatorade Sports Drink

Gatorade was first developed in 1965 by researchers at the University of Florida, following a request from Florida Gators football head coach Ray Graves. Its name was derived from the collective nickname of the university's athletic teams, the Florida Gators. The football team credited Gatorade as having contributed to their first Orange Bowl win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1967, at which point the drink gained traction within the athletic community. Yellow Jackets coach Bobby Dodd, when asked why his team lost, replied: "We didn't have Gatorade. That made the difference."