The San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush Cheerleaders are the
cheerleading team for the
NFL
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's
San Francisco 49ers. The current team was founded in 1983 by USA, which has been renamed to e2k. They have performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan. They are also involved in many charitable events.
They have been featured on many television stations, such as
ESPN and the
Fox Network, in addition to television shows such as ''
Entertainment Tonight
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'',
MTV
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, ''
Extra!'', and ''The
Leeza Show''. They attend every home game and have a total of 32 professional dancers. At
Kezar Stadium, the cheerleaders were called The Niner Nuggets. They were known at the time as the only singing cheerleading squad in the NFL.
On November 1, 2018, an unnamed 49ers Gold Rush Cheerleader became the first NFL cheerleader to kneel in silent protest, a protest started in 2016 by the former 49ers’ quarterback
Colin Kaepernick.
Notable members
*Julie Durda, meteorologist, contestant on the
fifth season of ''
The Bachelor''
*
Teri Hatcher, (1984), actress
*
Angela King-Twitero
Angela King-Twitero is a professional cheerleading director and CEO of House of AKD cheer uniforms.
Career
She was a member of the first cheerleading squad for the San Francisco 49ers in 1983 and was on the cheerleading squad for 7 years. In 19 ...
, executive and CEO of The House of AKD
*
Bonnie-Jill Laflin
Bonnie-Jill Laflin (born March 15, 1976) is an American actress, model, television personality and sportscaster. Laflin has also worked as an actress and most notably as a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers, making her the league's first female s ...
, (1994–1996), model, actress, television personality
*Morgan McLeod, (2009), contestant from
Survivor: Cagayan
See also
References
External links
*
National Football League cheerleading squads
San Francisco 49ers
1979 establishments in California
Performing groups established in 1979
History of women in California
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