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The Chargers announced their 50th Anniversary Team in 2009 to honor the top players and coaches in the team's history. The Chargers were founded in 1959. [147] The team included 53 players and coaches selected from 103 nominees. [148] [149] [150] The Chargers originally stated that only 50 members would be selected. [150]
The Chargers only spent one season in Los Angeles before moving to San Diego in 1961 due to the popularity of the Rams. [16] Initially denied in December, 1960, [17] but announced in late January, 1961, owner Barron Hilton relocated the Chargers down the coast to a soon-to-be expanded Balboa Stadium at Balboa Park in San Diego for the 1961 season, [18] [19] [20] their home field until 1966.
In the 11th week, the Chargers were defeated by Oakland 41–21 with 52,661 spectators at the game, alongside 2,018 closed-circuit television viewers in the San Diego Sports Arena. In 1968, the Chargers played a first pre-season game at San Diego Stadium against the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. The Chargers won 30–18, before 39,553 spectators.
The Chargers rank 17th in the NFL in rushing yards with 1,882, but just 20th in yards per carry, averaging 4.1 yards per attempt. Read more:Hernández: These aren't your daddy's Chargers. Jim ...
The Chargers' Scott Matlock is the NFL's only two-way player, appearing in 36% of the snaps on offense, 19.7% on defense and 57.8% more on special teams.
San Diego Stadium, where the Chargers played their home games from 1967 to 2016. The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The club was founded in 1959 by Barron Hilton and played the 1960 ...
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh revealed a heart condition caused him to briefly exit the team's 23-16 Week 6 win over the Denver Broncos. "It's called atrial flutter," Harbaugh said ...
Sid Gillman coached the Los Angeles and San Diego Chargers to five Western Division titles and one league championship in the first six years of the league's existence.. His greatest coaching success came after he was persuaded by Barron Hilton, then the Chargers' majority owner, to become the head coach of the American Football League franchise he planned to operate in Los Angeles.