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the only athlete trained to scream encouragement while airborne and bleeding internally.
means A person, often part of a coordinated squad, who leads crowds in organized chants and performs acrobatic routines to rally support for a sports team — or, more loosely, anyone who enthusiastically promotes a person or cause.
from A plain American compound: 'cheer' (a shout of encouragement, from Old French 'chiere' meaning 'face' or 'expression,' which drifted to mean 'good mood') plus 'leader,' one who goes ahead. The role itself was born in late-19th-century American universities, where the first organized 'yell leaders' were notably men whipping up the crowd at football games; the word followed soon after to name the one out front turning a stadium's noise into rhythm.
- male origins
- Cheerleading was an all-male activity until the 1920s
- presidential pom-poms
- Eisenhower, Reagan, and FDR all cheered in school
- injury rates
- Leading cause of catastrophic female sports injuries in the US
- first cheer
- Started 1898 at a University of Minnesota football game
dallas cowboys cheerleaders — nfl cheerleading squad founded 1972, most famous and televised cheerleaders in american sports
laker girls — nba cheerleading team since 1960, iconic los angeles performance group featured in every lakers home game