The 1961 Pittsburgh Steelerettes were professional football’s first cheerleaders. Yes, those are hardhats they’re wearing. It’s Pittsburgh! Read more here.
Bonus: Pittsburgh skyline in the 1960s. Can you see the smog?
All were reportedly students at Robert Morris University. From KDKA:
“We had a live band at the time on the field and that was Bennie Benack so he started playing music. And we started to dance,” recalls former Steelerette Valerie Miller. “It was either ‘Hello Dolly’ or ‘The Stripper’ or we started cheering or we went out and built a pyramid.”
While some things have changed, others haven’t.
“The Browns used to throw things at us,” says Patty Wolf.
The 1961 Pittsburgh Steelerettes were professional football’s first cheerleaders. Yes, those are hardhats they’re wearing. It’s Pittsburgh! Read more here.
Bonus: Pittsburgh skyline in the 1960s. Can you see the smog?
All were reportedly students at Robert Morris University. From KDKA:
“We had a live band at the time on the field and that was Bennie Benack so he started playing music. And we started to dance,” recalls former Steelerette Valerie Miller. “It was either ‘Hello Dolly’ or ‘The Stripper’ or we started cheering or we went out and built a pyramid.”
While some things have changed, others haven’t.
“The Browns used to throw things at us,” says Patty Wolf.
