history/background
- The First cheerleaders were all men. The creator of cheerleading was Johnny Campbell in 1898. Johnny Campbell was the first cheerleader. He had made many chants and cheers that some cheerleading squads use in their cheers today. Many other famous men have been cheerleaders such as, George W. Bush and Franklin Roosevelt. Being a male cheerleader was more appreciated at that time then it is today.
- 1923 is an important date because that’s when women were first allowed to cheer. Since men were leaving for war women began to dominate in cheerleading.Tumbling and acrobatics were added into cheerleading routines during this time. In the 1960’s cheerleading was in almost every school except for elementary. In the 80’s All-Star cheerleading began. Cheerleading is becoming more advanced as time goes on.
people/dates
- Johnny Campbell was the first cheerleader at Princeton during 1898. Johnny once was a medical student.
- Franklin Roosevelt led cheerleaders at Harvard in 1936. Franklin was the fifteenth Roosevelt to attend Harvard
- George Bush led cheerleaders in yale also in 1936. For his ninth and eighth grade years he went to a private school in Houston
- Lawrence Herkimer had a nickname “herkie”. Herkie is a name for a cheer jump. At State University Lawrence held a summer cheer clinic in 1948, afterwards in 1961 he “incorporated” the NCA (National Cheer Association).
further reading
- Cheer! Kate Torgovnick- This book is about the secrets behind the college cheer experience.
- https://www.amazon.com/Cheer-Inside-Secret-College-Cheerleaders/dp/1416535977
- http://www.teenink.com/nonfiction/sports/article/15172/Cheerleading-is-a-Sport
- This article is about why and why not cheer is a sport.
- http://harvardmagazine.com/1996/11/frank-roosevelt-at-harvard-this article is about franklin roosevelt leading cheerleaders into Harvard.
YouTube videos
https://youtu.be/UQm34wFcdtU
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- Rileythomas3. Riley Cheered for the Chelsea hornets in 2016 her senior year.
- Cheerbrats. Cheerbrats has a web link on their instagram that lets you order shirts with their logo on them.
- Mackenziesherburn. Mackenzie does NCA cheer. She has videos of her doing routines and heas her twitter account linked in her bio.
- Rileythomas3. Riley Cheered for the Chelsea hornets in 2016 her senior year.