![]() ![]() Typically, the gals wore tucked in blouses or button up shirts with wool skirts that extended well below the knee. By the 1940s, females started infiltrating the business, but the miniskirt was still a couple decades away. Cheerleading has its origins at Princeton when it was ‘guys only’. (16) It’s amazing that something so inexorably linked with girls actually began exclusively with men. where cheerleaders avoid soccer games like the plague. (12) Go team!! The entire crowd cheers them on… except for this couple in the center, strangely uninterested. (11) You’ll note that the saddle shoe was the footwear of choice for cheerleaders back then. ![]() (9) Celebs who were once cheerleaders: Sandra Bullock, Katie Couric, Cameron Diaz, Paula Abdul, Halle Berry, Kristen Dunst, Lindsay Lohan, Ann-Margret, Alicia Silverstone, Madonna, Amy Poehler, Meryl Streep … and Steve Martin (yep, he was a male cheerleader – along with Kirk Douglas). ![]() We’ll try and stick to “proper” cheerleaders today. (7) Of course, there were other roles for girls to express their inner pep at sporting events – namely the color guard and majorettes.
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