In the USA, a water boy (sometimes spelled waterboy) is someone who works on the sidelines and provides water or other drinks to athletes. An unnamed water boy is documented in the 1869 New Jersey vs. Rutgers football game giving aid to a Rutger's player.
Among notable people who served as water boys was President Herbert Hoover, who was the Stanford Cardinal football's first water boy.
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