啦啦队是谁最先创立的?

Cheerleadingtraces its roots to the late 19th century, when crowds began to chant and yell to encourage their team. Credit for the first organized cheer is often given to a University of Minnesota student named Johnny Campbell who got the Gopher faithful to shout during a losing 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。

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 Methodist University cheerleader formed the National Cheerleaders Association(NCA). Herkimer is credited with originating many of cheerleading's fundamentalmoves.

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。

Though professional football teams had had cheerleaders since the1960s, nothing did more topopularizecheerleading than the gals from Dallas, who gained national attention with their revealing outfits and sophisticateddance routines.

尽管专业的橄榄球队从20世纪60年代就各自有了自己的啦啦队，但这些啦啦队除了欢呼之外并无特别的喝彩方式，直到达拉斯的姑娘们出现后才有了改观，这些女孩用她们暴露的装束和复杂的舞步赢得了全国观众的瞩目.

Cheerleading remained in its supporting role until the 1980s, when cheerleading competitions, organized by the National Cheerleaders Association and other groups, started to grow in popularity.

20世纪80年代之前，啦啦队主要起支持作用。之后，美国啦啦队协会开始组织啦啦队之间进行比赛，其他组织也开始兴起。

Today, cheerleaders can be found at almost any kind of sporting event, including the Olympics and the Cricket World Cup.

如今，各种体育赛事中随处可见啦啦队员的身影，包括奥运会和板球世界杯赛。