San diego chargers

The metropolis Chargers area unit an expert American football team based mostly in metropolis, California. They need been members of the West division of the American football Conference (AFC) within the National conference (NFL) since 1970. The club began play in 1960 as a member of the American football League, and spent its initial season in l. Golden State before moving to metropolis in 1961. The Chargers play their home games at Qualcomm structure. The Chargers still be the sole NFL team based mostly in Southern Golden State, with no groups in since 1994.

The Chargers won one AFL title in 1963 and reached the AFL playoffs 5 times and also the AFL Championship fourfold before change of integrity the NFL (1970) as a part of the AFL-NFL Merger. within the forty three years since then, the Chargers have created 13 journeys to the playoffs and 4 appearances within the AFC Championship game.[2] At the tip of the 1994 season, the Chargers moon-faced the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX and fell 49–26. The Chargers was have 6 players and one coach enshrined within the professional soccer Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio: wide receiver Lance Alworth (1962–1970), defensive finish Fred Dean (1975–1981), quarterback Dan Fouts (1973–1987), head coach/general manager Sid Gillman (1960–1969, 1971), wide receiver Charlie Joiner (1976–1986), offensive lineman Daffo combine (1960–1969), and end Kellen Edward Winslow (1979–1987)