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Cheerleaders are the eye-candy of our sporting events, as American as apple pie, but they didn't really start out like that. The first cheerleaders were an all-male pep club at Princeton in the 1880s. The first women cheerleaders appeared in 1923 at the University of Minnesota. Then, as men left to fight in World War II, more women were allowed to cheer, and crowds realized they liked watching them more. But either way, it’s no surprise that there is quite an alumnus of cheerleaders. Some names are no-brainers, but many are surprising. Check out a list of people who once donned a cheerleading uniform, but moved on to ...