The Legacy of Lawrence Herkimer: Innovator in Cheerleading
LAWRENCE HERKIMER:
"Mr. Cheerleader
"
Lawrence Russell Herkimer
(October 14, 1925 – July 1, 2015) was an
American innovator in the field of
cheerleading
.
•
Herkimer had been a scholarship student and
head cheerleader at Southern Methodist
University in Dallas when, after graduating in
1948 he created his camps — the first opened
in Huntsville, Texas.
•
His first cheerleading camp attracted 52 girls
and one boy; in his second year, enrollment
climbed to 350.“
•
One of the companies he founded, the
National Cheerleaders Association
, is
responsible for training 150,000 cheerleaders
each year.
FIRST CAMP
created a cheerleading-oriented
magazine called
Megaphone
.
He came up with an iconic cheerleading leap, the
"Herkie jump," :The move features one arm
extended straight up in the air and the other on
one's hip, with one leg extended straight out, and
the other bent back
The famous leap was nothing more than a happy
accident. "I threw my arm up in the air to try and
get some height on my split jump," Herkimer
recalled in 2013. "It really wasn't planned.“
THE HERKIE JUMP
THE HERKI JUMP
He founded
the Cheerleader Supply
Company,
in 1951 to meet the uniform needs
of cheerleaders (currently known as
Cheerleader&DanzTeam)."
the first ready-made uniform company
On the invention of the pompom, Herkimer
explained: "When I first saw color television, I
thought: 'We need something colorful on the
field.' So I got the idea to put crepe paper
streamers on a stick."
THE POMPOM
Lawrence Russell Herkimer, known as "Mr. Cheerleader," was a pioneering figure in cheerleading, having founded the National Cheerleaders Association and created iconic cheerleading moves like the Herkie jump. He also established the first cheerleading camps and a cheerleading-oriented magazine. Herkimer's innovations, including ready-made uniforms and pompoms, have left a lasting impact on the cheerleading world.
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LAWRENCE HERKIMER: "Mr. Cheerleader" Lawrence Russell Herkimer (October 14, 1925 July 1, 2015) was an American innovator in the field of cheerleading.
FIRST CAMP Herkimer had been a scholarship student and head cheerleader at Southern Methodist University in Dallas when, after graduating in 1948 he created his camps the first opened in Huntsville, Texas. His first cheerleading camp attracted 52 girls and one boy; in his second year, enrollment climbed to 350. One of the companies he founded, the National Cheerleaders Association, is responsible for training 150,000 cheerleaders each year.
created a cheerleading-oriented magazine called Megaphone.
THE HERKIE JUMP He came up with an iconic cheerleading leap, the "Herkie jump," :The move features one arm extended straight up in the air and the other on one's hip, with one leg extended straight out, and the other bent back The famous leap was nothing more than a happy accident. "I threw my arm up in the air to try and get some height on my split jump," Herkimer recalled in 2013. "It really wasn't planned.
the first ready-made uniform company He founded the Cheerleader Supply Company, in 1951 to meet the uniform needs of cheerleaders (currently known as Cheerleader&DanzTeam)."
THE POMPOM On the invention of the pompom, Herkimer explained: "When I first saw color television, I thought: 'We need something colorful on the field.' So I got the idea to put crepe paper streamers on a stick."
