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Who was the first cheerleader?
Johnny Campbell was the first cheerleader. Campbell started yelling with a megaphone "Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-U-Mah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Minn-e-so-tah!" After that people started calling him a yell leader
https://findery.com/heather/notes/november-2-1898-johnny-campbell-leads-crowd-as-first-cheerleader -
University of Illinois:
Held the first Homecoming Week
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First Pom Pom made
Herkimer invents the first pompom.
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Women Sports
Cheerleaders start cheering for women's sports.
https://www.varsity.com/news/being-a-cheerleader-is-cheerleading-a-sport/
