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{{Infobox NFL Cheerleaders
|team        = San Francisco 49ers
|logo        = San Francisco 49er Cheerleader.jpg
|established = 1979
|members     = 32
'''Captains''': Carmen, Rachel, Melissa and Kelsie
|history     = <nowiki></nowiki>
* Niner Nuggets (1946-1970)
* '''San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush Cheerleaders (1979-Present)'''
}}

'''The San Francisco 49ers Gold Rush Cheerleaders''' is the [[NFL Cheerleading|cheerleading]] team for the [[National Football League|NFL's]] [[San Francisco 49ers]]. 

The current team was founded in 1983 by USA which has been renamed to e2k. <ref>http://www.49ers.com/gold-rush/history.html</ref> They have  performed throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. They're also very involved in many charitable events.<ref>http://www.49ers.com/gold-rush/appearances.html</ref> 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 have a total of 32 professional dancers. Each squad has 8 professional dancers. The four squad leaders make $100.00 a game and the other 28 dancers make $50.00 per game.

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.<ref>''Joe Reed & the Niner Nuggets'', Pigskin Records, 1973. liner notes</ref>

==Notable members==
*[[Teri Hatcher]], (1984), actress
*[[Bonnie-Jill Laflin]], (1994-1996), model, actress, television personality
*Ashley Clay, (2008-2009), wife of [[Ryan Cochrane (soccer)|Ryan Cochrane]]
*[[Julie Durda]], meteorologist of [[WSVN]] and contestant on [[The Bachelor (US TV series)|The Bachelor]] [[The Bachelor (season 5)|Season 5]]
*[[Angela King-Twitero]], author of ''The Business of Professional Cheerleading'',<ref>[http://www.angelakingdesigns.com/aboutakd.html Angela King (2007)] Retrieved February 8, 2007.</ref> and dance costume designer (eight NFL Cheerleading teams wear her designs)<ref>[http://www.angelakingdesigns.com/nfl.html [[Angela King Designs]] (2007)]
 Retrieved February 8, 2007.</ref> Angela transitioned from cheerleader to director of the Gold Rush Cheerleaders, and lead the team from 1992-1997.  She also was the founding co-director of the [[NFL Pro Bowl Cheerleaders]] from 1992-1997.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.49ers.com/gold-rush/index.html}}

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