Los Angeles Chargers

Barron Hilton received the Los Angeles AFL franchise on August 14, 1959. The Chargers won the Western Division in their inaugural 1960 season and moved to San Diego in 1961.⁠[1]

Sid Gillman’s Chargers beat the Boston Patriots 51–10 in the 1963 AFL Championship Game. Lance Alworth, Keith Lincoln, Paul Lowe and John Hadl were key offensive players in the club’s early years.⁠[1]

Eugene Klein purchased the team in 1966. In 1967, the Chargers moved into a new San Diego stadium that was later known as Qualcomm Stadium.⁠[1]

During Don Coryell’s tenure, the passing offense featuring Dan Fouts, Charlie Joiner and Kellen Winslow became known as Air Coryell. The Chargers won division titles in the 1979, 1980 and 1981 seasons and reached the conference title game in the latter two.⁠[1]

Alex Spanos purchased the Chargers in 1984. His son Dean became president in 1994 and transferred day-to-day leadership to A.G. Spanos and John Spanos in 2015 while continuing as owner and chairman.⁠[1][2]

Bobby Ross won a division title in his first season as coach in 1992. The 1994 team beat Pittsburgh 17–13 in the AFC Championship Game to reach its first Super Bowl, then lost Super Bowl XXIX to San Francisco.⁠[1]

Drafted in 2001, LaDainian Tomlinson won the Associated Press NFL MVP award in 2006. Philip Rivers arrived in a 2004 draft-day trade with the New York GiantsNew York GiantsThe New York Giants are an NFL professional American football team founded in 1925 and competing in the NFC East. They have won eight league championships, including four Super Bowls, and have a long association with the Mara and Tisch families. The Giants share MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with the New York Jets. John Harbaugh became head coach in 2026.Open the full entry, succeeded Drew Brees as starter in 2006 and led the club to the AFC Championship Game in the 2007 season. The Chargers won five AFC West titles in 2004 and from 2006 through 2009.⁠[3][4][2]

In a January 2017 public letter, Dean Spanos announced that the Chargers would return to Los Angeles for that season after 56 years in San Diego. The Chargers’ relocation year was 2017.⁠[5]

The Chargers began playing at SoFi Stadium in 2020 and introduced new uniforms and branding. Quarterback Justin Herbert earned the Associated Press Offensive Rookie of the Year award that season, becoming a central figure in the new stadium era.⁠[2]

The Chargers agreed to terms with Jim Harbaugh as head coach. A Chargers quarterback in 1999 and 2000, he returned after leading Michigan to the national championship for the 2023 college season.⁠[6]

The Chargers’ current home, SoFi Stadium, is in Inglewood, California, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The team’s El Segundo headquarters is a different location.⁠[7][8][9]

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