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The History of Cheerleading
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First Cheer Documented
--First organized cheer documented in the "Daily Princetonian", Princeton University's newspaper --yelled by students from the stands --"Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah! Tiger! S-s-s-t! Boom! A-h-h-h!" http://blogs.princeton.edu/paw/2010/10/princeton-harva.html -
Thomas Peebles
--took idea of a cheering student section to the University of Minnesota--head coach -- "cheer leaders", or student section leaders, appointed to lead crowds during football games and practices --created a college fight song http://www.cheerfactor.com/article30.html -
Johnny Campbell
--official birth date of organized cheerleading --recognized as the first official cheerleader -- "Rah, Rah, Rah! Ski-u-mah, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!" -- Minnesota vs Northwestern University, 17-6 http://www.examiner.com/article/rah-rah-sis-boom-bah -
Yell- Leader Squad
--University of Minnesota created a six member male fraternity, Gamma Sigma -- in charge of leading the student section in cheers -- louder student section meant winning a game http://gamevip.com/2010/05/a-brief-history-of-cheerleading/ -
Women Joined
--Women joined cheerleading --Weren't allowed in other sports http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/12/28/the-manly-origins-of-cheerleading/ -
Texas A&M Yell Leaders
-- men only -- 5 yell leaders --still in place today http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-am-yell-leaders-2011-11?op=1 -
Women began to Dominate Cheerleading
-- WWI men left to go to war -- Women took over the sport from men http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/12/28/the-manly-origins-of-cheerleading/
