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Cheerleaders from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida perform a high splits pyramid during a Florida Gators football game in January 2009. Most American universities have a cheerleading squad to cheer for football, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and soccer.
National Football League Cheerleading or simply NFL Cheerleading, is a group of professional cheerleading organizations in the United States. [1] 24 of the 32 NFL teams include a cheerleading squad in their franchise. [2] In 1954, the Baltimore Colts became the first NFL team to have cheerleaders. They were part of Baltimore's Marching Colts.
A traditional football game seemed out of the question since due to the wartime military draft, just 3 men had enrolled for the fall term that year. [2] "A bunch of us were sitting around after gym class and we thought, if we’re going to have Homecoming, we've got to have a football game," said Susie Lowry, who was a freshman at Eastern in 1945.
The past years have seen an evolution of cheerleader uniforms. ... The perfect costume for a wholesome game of American football. Take a look at the Indianapolis Colts cheerleaders now.
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (sometimes initialized as DCC, and officially nicknamed "America's Sweethearts") are the National Football League cheerleading squad representing the Dallas Cowboys team. They have a unique fashion sense, wearing a blue crop top and a pair of very short white hotpants each. [1]
Thomas Peebles (March 18, 1857 – March 10, 1938) was the father of American cheerleading [1] and the first college football coach at the University of Minnesota, in 1883. [2] Peebles coached the team in three games in that early season. They lost two and won one. [3] Peebles was born in Ireland and emigrated to the United States when he was 13.
SEE MORE: Ranking the top 10 cheerleading uniforms in college football Most squads these days have multiple uniforms –- and it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep up with the best of the best.
The cheerleaders lead the crowd in numerous cheers during game play and breaks. Prior to home football games, the LSU cheerleaders ride atop Mike the Tiger's mobile unit, lead the crowd in cheers such as the "Geaux Tigers" cheer and lead the football team onto the field prior to the game and after halftime. The cheerleaders are located on both ...