Historical KU Cheerleaders

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  A well dressed group of KU pep club members with their megaphones against the fence at KU's McCook Field.

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  1922 KU Cheerleaders and mascot.

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  1930 KU cheerleader posing with a member of the KU football team in Memorial Stadium.

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  1934/1935 season KU Cheerleaders, l/r: Clyde Nichols, Hans Pfutze and Ray anderson

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  Three KU cheerleaders from the 1938/'39 era do a timed jump on campus with Potter Lake in the background.

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  Ruth Krehbiel Trachesel posed in front of KU's Memorial Stadium in 1943.

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  Anna Francis Stucker leading a cheer from the stage of the old Hoch Auditorium in 1946. In the background on the left is KU Chancelor Dean Malott.

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  A 1947 photo of KU cheerleaders at a rally. Two identified from left are Virginia Urban Merrill, Dick Wintermote, Alberta Cornwell, Norvel Osborne and Bernadine Reed.

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  A group of KU cheerleaders from 1951 posing in Memorial Stadium.

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  1952/1953 KU Cheerleaders

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  1956- 1957 KU Cheerleaders

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  Lifelong Lawrence resident Pete Anderson, left, wore the cheerleading attire of 1958; a crimson sweater, white trousers and saddle shoes. In addition to cheering, Anderson spent part of his summer repainting the squads megaphones.

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  1958 group shot of KU cheerleaders.

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  Sharon Zimmerman Brown, top, when she cheered in 1958.

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  1967 Allen Fieldhouse

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  A 1970's KU cheerleader flying routine.

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  A 1978 Pyramid

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  Cheerleaders stacked at a 1978 KU football game

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  Using a small trampoline a cheerleader does a flying stunt over his teammates.

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  Jay Miller in Memorial Stadium in 1980.

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  1980 Memorial Stadium

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  Cheerleader Brian Purdy in 1980.

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  A 1981 Allen Fieldhouse cheerleader pyramid.

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  High kickers at KU in the early 1980s

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  KU cheerleader Teresa Kelley in 1980.

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  Jeff Maher using his megaphone for a rain hat in November 1986.

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  KU cheerleader Alice Priest in Memorial Stadium in 1984.

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  1995 in Allen Fieldhouse.

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  In 1995 KU cheerleader Krystal Francis got some help from a group of little Jayhawk fans.

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  Shanon North cheering for KU in 1995.