Female cheerleaders did not appear until the 1920s and the first use of pompons was in the 1930s, which were handmade from paper. Fred Gastoff invented the first vinyl pompoms in 1965, first used by the International Cheerleading Foundation.
Pompons are used as a fun attention grabber and eye catcher while cheerleaders are performig that's why they make them glittery and colorful.
You may be surprised, but men were the first ones to start cheerleading.
Yes. It is said pompoms, but pompons is a misspelling of the word.
November 2, 1898 is the official birth date for cheerleading.
pompoms
in 1920s
Well I dont think theres just a womens cheerleading because a man (Johnny Campbell) was the first person to start cheering.
1898 at the University of Minnisota
You may be surprised, but men were the first ones to start Cheerleading.
The University of Minnesota, but it was all boys at first!
Men were initially the cheerleaders, not women.
All-Star Cheerleading was invented in 1957