4th Series 1973

GATORAID

Spoof of  Gatorade

A team of flagging football players was the original inspiration for the invention of Gatorade. In 1965, a University of Florida football coach asked the college’s physicians for help in keeping his players energized in the blistering heat. Targeting the loss of fluid, electrolytes, and carbohydrates that came along with intense exertion, the doctors set about making a drink mix that would help replace those elements before exhaustion could set in.

The final product was Gatorade, and it quickly made its mark. The University of Florida Gators finished the 1965-66 season with a 7-4 record, their first winning season in more than a decade. The following season, they played in and won the Orange Bowl for the first time ever. After that 1967 victory, other college football teams began ordering batches of Gatorade, as did professional NFL teams, and later, other types of sports teams. Gatorade is now the official sports drink of the NFL, NBA, PGA, and Major League Baseball, among other leagues.

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