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Just as any anything else, cheerleading has quite a history behind it. The history
of organized cheerleading started in 1898 at the University of Minnesota. Jack Campbell, a first-year medical student,
became the first ever cheerleader when he led a crowd Gopher fans in a cheer that marked history:
"Rah Rah Rah! Ski-U-Mah Hoo-Rah Hoo-Rah!
Varsity! Varsity! Minn-e-so-tah!"
Thus, cheerleading in the United States was born.
Cheerleading, believe it or not, was dominated by men in its early years. However, when large numbers of young
men went off to fight in World War II, the tables turned. More than 90 percent of cheerleaders were female from
that point on.
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