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1870’s
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The first known pep club created at Princeton University. |
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1880’s
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First known cheer created.
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1920’s
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Gymnastics becomes included in routines, also women started to participated in
the formerly all male sport.
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1930’s
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Paper pompons were first used.
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1940’s
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Cheerleading became mainly an all female sport.
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1948
- Lawrence R. Herkimer started the National Cheerleaders Association, (NCA),
in his hometown of Huntsville, Texas
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1949
- Lawrence R. Herkimer organized the first cheer camp at Sam Houston
State University in Huntsville, Texas.
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1960’s
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the first vinyl pom-pom is used.
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1976
- Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders’ perform at Super Bowl X
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1977
- CBS television network broadcasts the collegiate cheerleading
championships
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1980
- The first cheerleading
competitions are established.
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2000
- The inaugural
World Cheerleading Competitions are held.
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20012001
- Competitive cheerleading
is the fastest growing girls sport in the US as many as 400,000
cheerleaders attend cheer camp each year
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20042004
- Hermann Engles from Wayn
State University finds that competitive cheerleaders are
in the same physical league as many Olympic soccer and gymnastic competitors.
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