The San Antonio Matadors were a professional football team that played in the Spring Football League (SFL) in 2000. The Matadors were undefeated before the league decided to cease operations. The Matadors were named co-SFL Champions along with the Houston Marshals . The Head Coach for the Matadors was Brian Wiggins and the Director of Football Operations was Mark Ricker . The team operated in San Antonio , Texas , and home games were played at Alamo Stadium .
16-490: Matador players of note: The San Antonio Matadors Cheerleaders were under the direction of Cynthia Trinidad, former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and San Antonio Spurs Dancer. Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (sometimes initialized as DCC , and officially nicknamed "America's Sweethearts") are the National Football League cheerleading squad representing
32-468: A 48% share of the national television audience. On January 13, 1980 , a sequel to the original TV movie, The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II , aired. The Cheerleaders have made many other TV appearances since then, and their likeness has been featured on various merchandise, such as posters, T-shirts, trading cards, and calendars. The DCC has also toured throughout the United States (on and off
48-681: A Bachelor of Arts in International Marketing from the University of North Texas . Finglass was a member of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders from 1984 to 1989, where she was the first cheerleader to be invited back without having to go through the customary audition process. After leaving the squad in 1989, Finglass was hired by Jerry Jones as an assistant director to the DCC from 1989 to 1990. She then took
64-535: A position in the sales and promotions department for the Dallas Cowboys and in 1991 was promoted to director of the Cheerleaders. As well as director, she also acts as business manager. She has expanded the organization, receiving many corporate sponsors and creating a business out of the DCC brand. She also has created and refined different competitions hosted by the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, including
80-721: Is the current director, and former member, of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders . She appears in and is an executive producer of the CMT former reality series Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team . Born Kelli McGonagill, Finglass is from Lindale, Texas , and graduated from Lindale High School She danced and twirled from an early age. She continued her studies in Modern Dance at Texas Christian University , where she joined Alpha Delta Pi , and received
96-782: The Dallas Cowboys team. During a game between the Cowboys and the Atlanta Falcons at the Cotton Bowl during the 1967 season, the short skirted, well-endowed stripper named Bubbles Cash caused a tremendous stir in the crowd that turned to cheers when she walked down the stands staircase on the 50-yard line carrying cotton candy in each hand. She became an instant public sensation in Dallas, also gaining attention from Cowboys General Manager Tex Schramm . Understanding
112-415: The 1970 season were also involved in the task of totally redesigning the uniforms and creating new dance style cheer routines under Dee Brock 's direction and with the help of a choreographer. In 1971, the qualification rules changed to allow not only local female cheerleaders to compete for a spot on the squad, but also high school drill team officers. Then in 1972, Texie Waterman , a New York choreographer,
128-507: The Cheerleaders produced their own reality television series, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team , which aired on Country Music Television (CMT) during the NFL football season. The series followed the auditioning process of the annual squad. Traditionally, each episode would include segments of the “Training Camp Candidates” and “Veteran Candidates” dancing along to music and learning new choreography from guest choreographers. Despite
144-609: The DCC cheering and performing at Cowboys home games. For decades the DCC also act as advocates for female empowerment in the DFW metroplex. The DCC were the subject of the documentary Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders released in November 2018. It focuses on Suzanne Mitchell who was the director of the team from 1972 to 1989. In December 2021,
160-526: The DCC produced their own one-hour special, The 36 Most Beautiful Girls in Texas , which aired on ABC prior to the season opener of Monday Night Football (which coincidentally was a game that the Cowboys hosted). On January 14, 1979 , one week before the Cowboys played in Super Bowl XIII , the made-for-TV movie The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders aired. Starring Bert Convy and Jane Seymour , it had
176-501: The classic DCC image that is known today. Even greater national attention came in the fall of 1977 when the Cowboys, along with designer and photographer Bob Shaw, produced the first NFL cheerleader poster for the Dallas Cowboys. This, and an Esquire magazine article by Shaw in October 1977, led to the squad appearing on two network TV specials, NBC Rock-n-Roll Sports Classic and The Osmond Brothers Special on ABC . Also that year,
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#1732794596122192-614: The field), as well as overseas. Included in these tours are regular appearances in United Service Organizations (USO) tours, which began during the 1979 holiday season for U.S. troops stationed in South Korea . The DCC held a ceremony inaugurating the second game of the 1994 FIFA World Cup between Spain and South Korea. Former DCCs Kelli McGonagill Finglass and Judy Trammell became the squad's director and choreographer, respectively. From 2006 to 2021,
208-569: The importance of the entertainment industry to the Cowboys' profitability, Schramm was inspired to form a cheerleading squad dressed in similar fashion to Cash. Preparing for the 1970 season, Schramm decided to change the Cheerleaders' image to boost attendance. At first the main change was to create an all-female squad and change the uniforms and style of cheerleading routines to be primarily dance and less like traditional acrobatic routines like that of high school or college cheerleading squads. The ten local high school cheerleaders who were selected for
224-594: The magazine Texas Monthly released an 8-episode podcast called "America's Girls," featuring interviews with former cheerleaders and other people involved with the DCC. Along with their two TV movies, the DCC has also appeared on numerous TV shows and specials as performers, guest acting roles, and game show contestants. Some of the shows on which they have appeared include: Many former DCCs have gone on to achieve success in entertainment, sports marketing, and other notable endeavors. They include: Kelli Finglass Kelli McGonagill Finglass (born December 30, 1964)
240-706: The show running successfully for 16 seasons, CMT decided to not renew the show for its 17th season. A new series, America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders aired on Netflix on June 20, 2024. The DCC also held an opening ceremony and podium at the 2013 and 2018 , 2021 and 2023 United States Grands Prix races in Austin, Texas. They received the FIFA delegation to promote the 2022 FIFA World Cup . The DCC releases several calendars every year. More recently, in addition to their annual swimsuit calendar, they also release an annual "sideline calendar," featuring photos of
256-440: Was recruited and assigned to auditioning and training an entirely new female squad who would all be over 18 years of age, searching for attractive appearance, athletic ability, and raw talent as performers. Since the 1972 squad consisted of adults, this allowed the possibility of again redesigning the uniforms to introduce a more revealing look (most notably transitioning from the traditional cheerleader skirt to hot pants ) closer to
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