Nebraska natives Claire Wolford (center) and Kelcey Wetterberg (right) perform as members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders during a game in the 2023-24 season. Both women are proud of their home state and credit their upbringing there with laying the foundation for their successes. “We’re very proud of where we come from,” Wolford said.
Nebraska native Beverly Flower Gallagher (back row, third from left) nailed her tryout and made it onto the 1973 Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad. She cheered from 1973 to 1976. Other Nebraskans have followed in Gallagher’s footsteps over the years.
Bellevue native Tami Barber sporting her signature pigtails (third row, near the middle) in the 1979 Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders team photo. By the time Barber made it on the squad in 1977, it had become a phenomenon. Over 2,000 women auditioned that year, according to the Cowboys. Barber was one of 14 rookies to make the team.
Kelcey Wetterberg, who grew up in Norfolk before moving to Omaha, has been a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader for five seasons. In the beginning she had her doubts, she said. “I just didn’t think someone like me from a small town in Nebraska could be here.” She’s been a co-captain for two of her five seasons on the squad.
Claire Wolford, a Lincoln Southwest graduate, just finished her fourth season as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Performing evokes a rollercoaster of emotions, she said. “It is just the most incredible feeling in the world and it really doesn’t get old.”
Nebraska natives Claire Wolford (center) and Kelcey Wetterberg (right) perform as members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders during a game in the 2023-24 season. Both women are proud of their home state and credit their upbringing there with laying the foundation for their successes. “We’re very proud of where we come from,” Wolford said.
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Nebraska natives Claire Wolford (center) and Kelcey Wetterberg (right) perform as members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders during a game in the 2023-24 season. Both women are proud of their home state and credit their upbringing there with laying the foundation for their successes. “We’re very proud of where we come from,” Wolford said.
Nebraska native Beverly Flower Gallagher (back row, third from left) nailed her tryout and made it onto the 1973 Dallas Cowboys cheerleading squad. She cheered from 1973 to 1976. Other Nebraskans have followed in Gallagher’s footsteps over the years.
Bellevue native Tami Barber sporting her signature pigtails (third row, near the middle) in the 1979 Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders team photo. By the time Barber made it on the squad in 1977, it had become a phenomenon. Over 2,000 women auditioned that year, according to the Cowboys. Barber was one of 14 rookies to make the team.
Kelcey Wetterberg, who grew up in Norfolk before moving to Omaha, has been a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader for five seasons. In the beginning she had her doubts, she said. “I just didn’t think someone like me from a small town in Nebraska could be here.” She’s been a co-captain for two of her five seasons on the squad.
Claire Wolford, a Lincoln Southwest graduate, just finished her fourth season as a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader. Performing evokes a rollercoaster of emotions, she said. “It is just the most incredible feeling in the world and it really doesn’t get old.”
Nebraska natives Claire Wolford (center) and Kelcey Wetterberg (right) perform as members of the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders during a game in the 2023-24 season. Both women are proud of their home state and credit their upbringing there with laying the foundation for their successes. “We’re very proud of where we come from,” Wolford said.
