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Princeton graduate Thomas Peebles introduced the idea of organized crowds cheering at football games to the University of Minnesota. However, it was not until 1898 that University of Minnesota student Johnny Campbell directed a crowd in cheering "Rah, Rah, Rah! Sku-u-mar, Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tah!”, making Campbell the very first cheerleader

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When did boys start cheerleading?

You may be surprised, but men were the first ones to start cheerleading.


What day did cheerleading start?

November 2, 1898 is the official birth date for cheerleading.


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Well I dont think theres just a womens cheerleading because a man (Johnny Campbell) was the first person to start cheering.


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