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.
It was 1898!!! There is more info on cheerleading such as who invented at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerleading
The person who invented cheerleading, believe it or not, was a boy. His name was Johnny Campbell. Cheer was invented in 1898
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.