page_title: 1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team
hierarchical_section_title: 1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team
caption_attribution_description: According to the 1957 Badger yearbook, the first women cheerleaders appeared on Dad's Day, October 20, 1956. (Wisconsin 6, Purdue 6) A letter from former cheerleaders from 1986, however, states that officially sanctioned women cheerleaders first appeared on campus in the fall of 1952 (4 women had done a routine at Homecoming 1951, but they were not official cheerleaders). Coed cheerleaders were abolished in the spring of 1954 then reintroduced in 1956. UW Digital Collections
context_page_description: The 1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1956 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Milt Bruhn, the Baders compiled a 1–5–3 record and 0–4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents.
  The team's statistical leaders included Richard Simonson with 219 passing yards, Danny Lewis with 554 rushing yards, and Dave Howard with 247 receiving yards. Dave Howard was selected as the team's most valuable player.
context_section_description: The 1956 Wisconsin Badgers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wisconsin in the 1956 Big Ten Conference football season. In their first season under head coach Milt Bruhn, the Baders compiled a 1–5–3 record and 0–4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents.
  The team's statistical leaders included Richard Simonson with 219 passing yards, Danny Lewis with 554 rushing yards, and Dave Howard with 247 receiving yards. Dave Howard was selected as the team's most valuable player.
caption: According to the UW yearbook, 1956 was the first year for female cheerleaders at a football game ("Dad's Day", versus Purdue)
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