Robert Cade

Robert J.Cade and other researchers of the University of Florida (Dr. Dana Shires, Dr. H. James Free and Dr. Alejandro de Quesada) created Gatorade in 1965 to help the school's football players replace carbohydrates and electrolytes lost through sweat while playing in swamp-like heat.

He died in November 2007. He was 80 years old.