You may be surprised, but men actually started Cheerleading. They would stand in front of the stands and lead cheers to support their team. For example, "DEFENSE! *clap, clap* DEFENSE! *clap, clap*"
johnny Campbell invented the first jump in cheerleading
Cheerleading was invented at the University of Minnesota.
The person who invented cheerleading, believe it or not, was a boy. His name was Johnny Campbell. Cheer was invented in 1898
It was 1898!!! There is more info on cheerleading such as who invented at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading
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.
cheerleading was invented to cheer on the team and pump up the cowd.
Go to www.wikipedia.org and search cheerleading, there is a picture of him on that page.
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A college didn't, a individual did.
Minnesota, at the University of Minnesota/
1898 1898
cheerleading was invented my a group of friends who stood on the side lines at a school sports game and cheered on their team.