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First American Football university/college game (initial sporting environment to witness the birth of cheerleading) held in 1869 between Princeton University and host school Rutgers University located in Piscataway, New Jersey, Northeastern USA.
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Princeton University’s American Football sporting game atmosphere led to Princeton’s students forming an all-male student “pep club” to lead “cheers”
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1884- two University of Minnesota rugby players, John W. Adams and Win Sargent created a “team yell” (SKI-YOU-MAH) to help inspire their rugby team.
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Women become the majority of Cheer athletes; new skills and techniques added.
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Cheerleading specific skills (partner stunts & pyramids) were introduced to make cheerleading more entertaining, thus augmenting cheerleading traditional leadership function; a new era of cheerleading begins.
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UCA (located in Tennessee) combines cheerleading skills with music, birth of the “cheerleading routine”
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UCA hosts the 1st Cheerleading National Championship held on ESPN; syndication begins.
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American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators (AACCA) is formed; establishing the safety standard for cheerleading, and begins to become duplicated globally.
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UCA introduces cheerleading in Japan and first organized training camps in Asia.
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UCA introduces parade cheerleading performances in the United Kingdom.
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USA School Cheerleading reaches 1.7 million athletes; non-school Cheerleading Programs termed “All Star” begin to develop around United States.
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The USASF/IASF hosts the 1st World Cheerleading Championships.
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Holds worlds for the 10th time and still is the biggest competition in the world.
