![]() ![]() In addition he set the pro football record of consecutive games with a reception (96) during his career. The early AFL years of the San Diego Chargers were highlighted by the outstanding play of wide receiver Lance "Bambi" Alworth with 543 receptions for 10,266 yards in his 11-AFL/NFL-season career. Their only coach for the ten-year life of the AFL was Sid Gillman, a Hall of Famer who was widely recognized as a great offensive innovator. They played for the whole ten-season existence in the AFL before the upstart league merged with the older NFL. The Chargers have eight players and one coach enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame: wide receiver Lance Alworth (1962–1970), defensive end Fred Dean (1975–1981), quarterback Dan Fouts (1973–1987), head coach and general manager Sid Gillman (1960–1969, 1971), wide receiver Charlie Joiner (1976–1986), offensive lineman Ron Mix (1960–1969), tight end Kellen Winslow (1979–1987), linebacker Junior Seau (1990–2002), and running back LaDainian Tomlinson (2001–2009). In 1994, the Chargers won their first and only AFC championship, and faced the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX, losing 49–26. Since then, the Chargers have made 15 trips to the playoffs and made four appearances in the AFC Championship game. The Chargers won the AFL championship in 1963, and reached the AFL playoffs five times and the AFL Championship game four times before joining the NFL. The team previously played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during their first stint in Los Angeles, Balboa Stadium and San Diego Stadium (also known as Jack Murphy Stadium and Qualcomm Stadium) while in San Diego, and Dignity Health Sports Park (formerly named StubHub Center) from 2017 to 2019, while SoFi Stadium was under construction. In 2017, the Chargers relocated back to Los Angeles after 56 seasons in San Diego, a year after the Rams had moved back to the city after spending 21 seasons (1995–2015) in St. The team joined the NFL as a result of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970. They spent their first season in Los Angeles before relocating to San Diego in 1961 to become the San Diego Chargers. The Chargers were founded in Los Angeles in 1959, and began play in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) West division, and play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, which they share with the Los Angeles Rams. The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. AFL championships (pre-1970 AFL–NFL merger) (1). ![]() Los Angeles Chargers (1960, 2017–present).= |date= |source= File:San Diego Chargers wordmark.svg, with the "San Diego" cropped out. It will be updated as soon.Īdded official file with "Los Angeles" added to the top to replace San Diego Reverted to version as of 03:59, 13 January 2017 (UTC) That isn't a clean svg file. Logo slick at has this as the PRIMARY wordmark. Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ![]()
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