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Cheerleading began in 1898 Johnny Campbell had the bright idea to organize a six-member group of yell-leaders to raise spirit. The first all-star cheer team was 1983 by Hilda McDaniel and did you know women were allowed to cheer only in 1923?

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Princeton graduate Thomas Peebles introduced the idea of organized crowds cheering at football games to the University of Minnesota. However, it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering "Rah, Rah, Rah! Sku-u-mar, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!”, making Campbell the very first cheerleader

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In the early 1980s, cheerleading squads not associated with a schools or sports leagues, whose main objective was competition, began to emerge. The first organization to call themselves all stars and go to competitions were the Q94 Rockers from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1982 by Hilda McDaniel.

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Cheerleading began at the University of Minnesota.. cheerleading was origionally an all male sport... women didnt join until the 1920's when males left for war.

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Cheerleading first began in the late 1880's when a yell or chant was first done at a sporting event.

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the year that cheerleading was invented was the year 1898 when johnny Campbell had got together 6 male students and cheered for the first time at univirsity minnesota

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It started on November 2, 1898

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1898

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What year was cheerleading discovered?

It was 1898!!! There is more info on cheerleading such as who invented at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading


In what year was the sport cheerleading invented?

1898 1898


Who invented the first jump in cheerleading?

johnny Campbell invented the first jump in cheerleading


What state did cheerleading become a sport?

Cheerleading was invented at the University of Minnesota.


Was the person who invented cheerleading a girl or a boy?

The person who invented cheerleading, believe it or not, was a boy. His name was Johnny Campbell. Cheer was invented in 1898


Who is the person who invented cheerlaeding?

Johnny Campbell is the man who invented cheerleading. He invented this sport in 1905. The first college with a cheerleading squad was the University of Minnesota.


Where did he invent cheerleading?

cheerleading was invented to cheer on the team and pump up the cowd.


A picture of the man who invented cheerleading?

Go to www.wikipedia.org and search cheerleading, there is a picture of him on that page.


Who invented cheerleading outfits?

Tiffany Cyrus ;)


Why did Jonny Campbell made cheerleading?

yes, johnny campell "invented" for lack of a better word, cheerleading. He was at a football game, when he started saying chants and got more and more people doing it. That became known as cheerleading and has formed into cheerleading today. :]


What state was cheerleading invented in?

Minnesota, at the University of Minnesota/


What college invented cheerleading?

A college didn't, a individual did.