History of Cheerleading

By macilesinski

  • 1883

    1883
    Long long ago the first people who started cheering were in Great Britain, they were all males.

  • 1903

    1903
    The first cheerleading league that was created was called gamma sigma.

  • 1967

    1967
    Cheerleading became popular and it was added to the sidelines of little league football.

  • 1976

    1976
    UCA creates the liberty stunt at summer camp. The liberty stunt is when the flyer goes up in the air with one foot and bends her other leg and brings it to the side of her leg.

  • 1980

    1980
    All Star cheerleading is created and is forming everywhere. All Star cheer is very competitive.

  • 1995

    1995
    American Cheerleader Magazine comes out and all the cheerleaders love it and real cheerleaders model for it.

  • 1997

    1997
    In the United States, 15 of the sates have said that cheerleading is a sport.

  • 1999

    1999
    Many people think that cheerleading isnt a sport but the ESPN said and confirmed that cheerleading is a sport on record.