10 Famous Male College Cheerleaders

Cheerleading is not a sport reserved solely for squads of women in skirts.

Cheerleading actually started as a male sport at the very end of the 19th century. It's only in recent decades that it has been perceived as a sport with teams of women in semi-revealing outfits. The Guardian, as well as others, attribute the shift to the 1970s rise in popularity of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders.

However, finding men on the cheerleading squads in college is nothing unusual. In fact, there have been a number of celebrities and politicians who spent time cheering in college.

Check out 10 famous male cheerleaders:

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[jjtm562]

05:10 AM on 03/21/2012

First Rock and now Jimmy. What is the world coming to?

[zakidtam]

01:13 AM on 03/21/2012

yes they both cut taxes.

[ahnree]

10:50 PM on 03/20/2012

what did reagan really do beside destroy our financial system? puppet man

[srynmichael2]

07:29 AM on 03/21/2012

He didn't send you to a reeducation camp like he should have.

[lecloche]

10:04 PM on 03/20/2012

That SI picture of George W. Bush was taken when he was an Andover Smurf.

[joannevlavender]

08:10 PM on 03/20/2012

Ah...I thought it was going to be a shared passion for jelly beans.

[lawa]

06:19 PM on 03/20/2012

picture reagan in a tutu

[LEGRACE28]

06:34 PM on 03/20/2012

cheerleaders dont wear tutu's

[lawa]

06:38 PM on 03/20/2012

legrace, i didnt mean to insult cheerleaders. picture him in that cute little cheerleader suit

[joannevlavender]

08:11 PM on 03/20/2012

The ones that take ballet lessons do. By the way, wasn't it Lyle Alzado who took ballet lessons to make him more agile on the gridiron?

[jbscott]

07:43 PM on 03/19/2012

They did it for the ladies

[Madtek]

07:29 PM on 03/19/2012

Three Bushes???? HAHAHAHAHAHA LOL RIFLMAO!!!!! Guess there won't be a fourth since GW only had daughters! Oh, wait...does Jeb have any schoolage sons?

[LEGRACE28]

06:36 PM on 03/20/2012

yes George P. Bush..............Jeb Bush 2016 and 2020, George P. 2024 and 2028

[DungBeetle]

05:39 PM on 03/19/2012

Can you imagine if Pres Obama had been a cheerleader??

Just proves the fact that neocon evangelicals live in their own bizzarro world with their own facts, their own reality, their own math, etc.

They let in the info they like and reject the info they don't...therefore it doesn't really exist.

[srynmichael2]

07:30 AM on 03/21/2012

Just like you.

[Kalie]

05:34 PM on 03/19/2012

I dont think i would brag about this....

[LEGRACE28]

06:36 PM on 03/20/2012

Why not???

[LEGRACE28]

06:37 PM on 03/20/2012

I guess you have never seen the Texas A&M yell leaders ........................

[Kalie]

12:09 AM on 03/21/2012

To me Texas A& M is the devil.

[robjh1]

05:32 PM on 03/19/2012

Equality for all.

[PapaRocky]

05:26 PM on 03/19/2012

LOL, I was part of the first male cheerleading squad at my high school in 1969. There were three of us who led the cheers for the girls' basketball team. I was the tallest and skinniest of the trio, so I always got to be at the top of the pyramid.

It was great. Got us a lot of dates with some really tall, muscular girls --- one of them recently sent me an invitation to her upcoming wedding in New York. Both of the brides look beautiful ...

[DungBeetle]

05:39 PM on 03/19/2012

Thumbed a lot of fems?

[PapaRocky]

08:14 PM on 03/19/2012

Before I answer, why do you want or need to know? Asking for advice?

[Azbo61]

07:18 PM on 03/20/2012

both of the brides looked beautiful?? if it is an invitation to an upcoming wedding...how do you know she/they looked beautiful....what a bs story...

[spidermom]

10:42 PM on 03/20/2012

because he knows both women and can form an opinion

[PapaRocky]

12:24 AM on 03/21/2012

They sent a picture of themselves with the wedding, smarty-pants. And after I got the invitation, I actually attended the wedding. Think these things through before you try to send a clever response, yo-yo.

[VA Jill]

05:06 PM on 03/19/2012

Most of these guys come from an era where they would more properly be called "yell leaders." Cheerleading today is VERY different. I saw a t-shirt on a girl the other day that said "If cheerleading were easy, more boys would try it."

[NickTAZ]

05:05 PM on 03/19/2012

Our last three republican presidents were all male cheerleaders? How odd.

[odoey]

06:17 PM on 03/20/2012

HAH! I'm not a bit surprized!

[srynmichael2]

07:31 AM on 03/21/2012

So are you.

[NickTAZ]

10:26 AM on 03/21/2012

I certainly not denying that I'm odd! Maybe one day I'll be president too! :)

[dave elliott]

03:07 PM on 03/19/2012

will ferrels charactor ......da bush.