The Legacy of Lawrence Herkimer: Innovator in Cheerleading
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.
- Lawrence Herkimer
- Cheerleading Innovator
- National Cheerleaders Association
- Herkie Jump
- Cheerleader Supply
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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."
