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Title:

Illinois Women Cheerleaders

Date:

Sep. 30, 1950

Description:

Photograph from the News-Gazette showing four women cheerleaders during a football game at Memorial Stadium and a caption that reads: "Something New: Illinois Girl Cheerleaders. - The Illinois cheering section for the first time had the inspiration of a cheersome foursome of coed cheerleaders Saturday afternoon in Memorial stadium [sic]. It was the first time Illini cheerleaders included coeds. Shown in action are, left to right, Marilyn Berger, Chicago; Mary Lou Schaeflein, Chicago; Dorothy Rich, Manteno; and Marilyn Loew, Springfield. Illinois gridders, backed with Illini cheers, defeated Ohio university [sic], 28 to 2, in the season's opener."

Found in RS: 39/2/20, Box ATH - 1, Folder ATH - 1-1

Phys. Desc:

Tiff

ID:

0004768

Repository:

University of Illinois Archives

Found in:

39/2/20 Photographic Subject File, 1868-

Creators:

News-Gazette (East Central Illinois)

Subjects:

Cheerleaders
Football
Stadium
Students
Women

Publisher:

Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette

Rights:

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