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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。
啦啦队的由来和发展要回溯到19世纪后期，那时候人们就开始有节奏的齐声为他们的球队喝彩、呐喊助威。第一次有证可查的、组织以齐呼口号方式为球队加油的是明尼苏达大学学生约翰尼？坎贝尔，他在1898年的赛季中指挥大家为他们的球队助威鼓劲。
到了20世纪20年代女性开始介入
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。
在啦啦队成立之初，队员通常由男生组成，到了20世纪20年代，女性开始介入。现在，美国有超过九成的啦啦队成员是女性。
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，劳伦斯-何其莫，外号"Herkie"，成立了美国啦啦队协会(NCA)。何其莫被认为是啦啦队多项重大活动的创始人。
