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UNC's Cardboard Club Brought Color, Creativity to Kenan Stadium

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The Cardboard Club, started in 1948 by UNC cheerleader Norman Sper, coordinated and produced displays at UNC football games, using colored cardboard squares to form words and images in the stands. The club was discontinued in 1987, in part due to safety concerns–students often sent their cardboard panels flying towards the field at the end of games, hitting fellow spectators. (UNC.edu)

https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/index.php/2016/10/now-available-records-of-the-unc-cardboard-club/

I enjoyed sitting in the Card Section until the cards starting "flying" at the end......
 
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