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Cheer Industry Pioneer Jeff Webb Dies at 76 After Reported Pickleball Head Injury

Tributes emphasize his decades shaping competitive cheerleading to IOC recognition.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets, citing Cheer Daily, report Webb suffered a serious head injury while playing pickleball, was hospitalized for two weeks, and was removed from life support.
  • Varsity Brands confirmed his death and lauded the Varsity Spirit founder for helping define modern competitive cheerleading.
  • Turning Point USA posted a tribute calling Webb a visionary and a dear friend, noting his early mentorship of Charlie Kirk.
  • Webb launched the Universal Cheerleading Association in 1974, built it into Varsity Spirit, and later led the International Cheer Union to full IOC recognition in 2021.
  • An official medical or coroner confirmation of cause of death was not cited in the coverage referenced.