Cheer Leading History

By lauryn.adair
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    The start

    Cheerleading grew from there. It wasn’t until 1923 that women were allowed to cheer for the first time, at the University of Minnesota. During this decade, cheerleaders added tumbling and acrobatics to their routines,

  • Showing the public

    In 1948, Southern Methodist University cheerleader Lawrence “Herkie” Herkimer held the first summer cheerleading clinic at Sam Houston State Teacher’s College (now State University),

  • Going world wide

    By the 1960s, cheerleading could be found in virtually every high school and grade school across the country, and pee wee and youth leagues had developed as well. In 1974

  • Adding coaches

    , in 1987, the first association devoted to teaching safety to coaches and advisors.

  • Became a sport

    15 states say that cheerleading is a sport