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Wow! Bobby soxers in saddle shoes in the 1920s? Must be time travel!
Was thinking the same thing as Phil.
Yeah, I think that one was mismarked - film quality, costume, shoes, hair all point to much later.
Next line stolen from Ace of Spades………….
I predict that by 2020 poles will be standard equipment for all cheerleading squads.
Everything was pretty cute up until the 1970s.
I’d like to see 2030′s, now.
Proof of Global Warming?
I don’t agree with how you portrayed modern cheerleaders… Teams are now competing with each other, on the national and global stage, we have to perfect routines that take months to perfect and we have to complete stunts that an everyday person could not do. Cheerleading takes a lot of hard work and dedication. It is about so much more than skimpy outfits.
Have you noticed the ladies in the earlier photos look….well…HEALTHIER?
they’re like twigs, now.
to kait- really? their outfits are much bulkier but i personally didn’t think they looked all that different. in the 2000s+ photos, those girls have ABS, they have THIGH MUSCLES, they have boobs and butts! They are far more ATHLETIC, yeah, but they probably all weigh 20 pounds more than a fashion model- in muscle!!!
This isn’t the evolution of cheerleading, the photos stopped showing *actual* cheerleaders at 1980. “Professional” cheerleaders are not cheerleaders at all, they are dancers. There is a major difference between what real cheerleaders do and what dance teams do. Real cheerleading involves dance, tumbling and stunting, where is all that in this evolution?
Wow! DUMB. I hate the images of “Pro” cheerleaders. Those are NOT cheerleaders. Those are girls with no self respect shaking their asses in hope of making a dollar- cough STRIPPERS. REAL cheerleaders compete year round doing difficult amazing stunts, gymnastics, and dance. This website is DUMB.
I wouldnt call NFL cheerleaders actual cheerleaders they are more of a dance team. i wish they could have shown how the stunts have become more difficult and dangerous.
I take a certain pride in being called DUMB, Samantha
@Jimbo…that was harsh…no need to quote with unnecessary harshness. Cheer leading has become a very difficult sport and all of those that say otherwise need to shut it and move on to something else to insult.
i wish they would have shown REAL cheerleaders in the 2010s… we work alot harder on stunting and tumling and its alot more intese than just dancing in skimpy outfits…thats not cheering.
WOW!… Amazing
I’m sorry, but all these are different types of cheerleading. Starting in the late-70s is when cheerleading hit a fork, and some cheerleading squads went in the “dance” direction (football cheerleaders like for the Dallas Cowboys) and the other went in a “gymnast” direction.
The stereotypical cheerleader is that of a gymnast, not a dance. Cheerleaders shout, yell, dance, tumble, get aggressive and throw each other 20 feet in the air.
Dancing cheerleaders run around in slutty outfit spreading their legs for the sake of football.