Cheer leading first began in 1898 when Johnny Campbell, a student from the University of Minnesota, directed a crowd to start yelling "Rah, Rah, Rah! Sku-u-mar, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!", making Johnny the first cheerleader and the official birth of cheer leading. Soon, there was a "yell leader" squad of 6 male students, who still use Campbell's first cheer today. In 1903 the first cheer leading, Gamma Sigma was founded. Cheer leading first was only an all-male activity, but soon females started participating in 1923, because of limited availability of female sports.
Information taken from Wikipedia
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Here are some of my objectives for my blog: I want to let everyone know exactly how hard cheer leading is, how hard cheerleaders must prep in order to make a team, the types of injuries cheerleaders can get, and much more.
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