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Cheerleading traces its roots to the late 19th century, whencrowdsbegan to chant and yell to encourage their team. Credit for thefirstorganized cheer is often given to a University of Minnesotastudentnamed Johnny Campbell who got the Gopher faithful to shoutduring alosing effort in the 1898 season。
啦啦隊的由來和發展要回溯到19世紀后期，那時候人們就開始有節奏的齊聲為他們的球隊喝彩、吶喊助威。第一次有證可查的、組織以齊呼口號方式為球隊加油的是明尼蘇達大學學生約翰尼？坎貝爾，他在1898年的賽季中指揮大家為他們的球隊助威鼓勁。
到了20世紀20年代女性開始介入
For the first few decades of its history, cheerleading was anall-male activity, but by the 1920's women joined as well. Nowadays,over 90% of America's cheerleading participants are female。
在啦啦隊成立之初，隊員通常由男生組成，到了20世紀20年代，女性開始介入。現在，美國有超過九成的啦啦隊成員是女性。
In 1948, Lawrence "Herkie" Herkimer, a former Southern MethodistUniversity cheerleader formed the National Cheerleaders Association(NCA). Herkimer is credited with originating many of cheerleading'sfundamental moves。
1948年，勞倫斯-何其莫，外號"Herkie"，成立了美國啦啦隊協會(NCA)。何其莫被認為是啦啦隊多項重大活動的創始人。
