Vintage

The Chicago Tribune has posted a collection of vintage photos of the Chicago HoneyBears, cheerleaders for the Chicago Bears. Oh how I love this vintage stuff. I used to think getting the Rams (and the Rams Cheerleaders) back in LA was a lost cause. But if that can happen, maybe one day the HoneyBears will […]

Thank you very much to Patrick, for directing us to this amazing photo of the 1961 Oakland Raiders Cheerleaders. The hat, the fishnets, the sash, the corset, the polka dots…what I wouldn’t give to see this in color. Click here to check out the article that goes with, “Raiders’ home headaches: From 1960 in S.F. […]

Decades of Bills cheerleaders Buffalo News This season marks the first since 1967 that the Buffalo Jills won’t entertain Bills fans during games. From The News’ archives, here are a sampling of photos from more than 50 years of Bills cheerleaders. Play the slideshow

Longtime Green Bay dance instructor Van to be honored at tribute By Nathan Phelps Green Bay Press Gazette June 4, 2014 Thousands of people, including Green Bay Packers cheerleaders, have learned dance from veteran instructor Shirley Van for decades. Now the 86-year-old is being honored for her work in the community. Her dance studio, Shirley […]

In this segment, taped for KDFW’s “Eyewitness News” in 1976, Dallas-based reporter Jim Ruddy covers the first open tryouts held by the Dallas Cowboys to select the team’s cheerleading squad for the 1976-1977 football season. The tryouts, which took place at Texas Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Irving, drew over 130 cheerleading hopefuls. Included […]

A couple of weeks ago, I posted a request for help with identifying dancers who have other family members who have also danced or cheered professionally. I was convinced it was happening a lot more often than we knew. And the dance team from Philadelphia 76ers proved me right. Rebecca Timms from the Sixers organization […]

A few days late, but still worth watching KOAA.com February 2, 2014 CLICK HERE to watch the video It’s the chance of a lifetime for any NFL cheerleader, a chance to cheer and perform at the Super Bowl. And for a mother and daughter from Denver, it’s an honor they both get to share. Brittany […]

Lots of photos with some halloween action, some pink action, and some vintage action! Click here for week 8, here for week 9, and herefor week 10. This season the Bucs cheerleaders have had occasion to whip out various parts of their old uniforms. These tops were only worn during the 2003-04 NFL season. This […]

By Bob McGinn The Journal Sentinel Novmber 1, 2013 Green Bay — It has been almost 30 years since the Green Bay Packers outfitted an official cheerleading squad in contemporary attire and had its members support the team in games at Lambeau Field and Milwaukee County Stadium. The Packers got out of the cheerleading business […]

Marybeth Hagan Newsworks.org Sept 30, 2013 A new season for the Philadelphia Eagles always brings back bitter-fun memories of my friend Cheryl Frey. We danced together as cheerleaders on the sidelines of Eagles games in their 1979-80 season. NFL cheerleaders were still a novelty at the time. Eagles fans dubbed their pom-pommers the “Liberty Belles.” […]