San Francisco Gold Rush
Encyclopedia
The San Francisco Goldrush are the cheerleading squad of the NFL's
San Francisco 49ers
.
They were founded in 1983 as one of the first cheerleading squads for a professional football team. They have not only performed throughout the United States, but they are also very involved in many charitable events. They have been featured on many television stations, such as ESPN
, the Total Football Network, and the Fox Network in addition to many television shows, such as Entertainment Tonight
, MTV
, Extra!
, and The Leeza
Show. They attend every home game and expanded from 36 members to a total of 40 in 2001.
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.
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
San Francisco 49ers
San Francisco 49ers
The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
.
They were founded in 1983 as one of the first cheerleading squads for a professional football team. They have not only performed throughout the United States, but they are also very involved in many charitable events. They have been featured on many television stations, such as ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
, the Total Football Network, and the Fox Network in addition to many television shows, such as Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight is a daily tabloid television entertainment television news show that is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world. Linda Bell Blue is currently the program's executive producer...
, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
, Extra!
Extra!
Extra! is a monthly magazine of media criticism published by the media watch group FAIR. First published in 1987, its first full-time editor was Martin A. Lee. Since 1990, it has been edited by Jim Naureckas...
, and The Leeza
Leeza
Leeza is a daytime television talk show hosted by Leeza Gibbons. The show ran on NBC between 1994 and 2000, and was also shown on other stations in markets where the local NBC affiliate pre-empted it in favor of other programming...
Show. They attend every home game and expanded from 36 members to a total of 40 in 2001.
At Kezar Stadium
Kezar Stadium
Kezar Stadium is a stadium located adjacent to Kezar Pavilion in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. It is the former home of the Oakland Raiders and the San Francisco 49ers of the NFL, and of the San Francisco Dragons of MLL. It also served as the home of the...
the cheerleaders were called The Niner Nuggets. They were known at the time as the only singing cheerleading squad in the NFL.
External links
- http://www.49ers.com/gold-rush/index.html - San Francisco Gold Rush official website